How tall is Merle Dandridge?

Merle was born to a mother of Korean and Japanese origin and an African-American father stationed in the United States in Okinawa, Japan. Airpower. She attended the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University in Chicago after graduating from high school in Papillion, Nebraska, on a full-ride scholarship and graduated with a BFA in theater. She appeared as The Lake Lady in the Mike Nichols-directed Spamalot on Broadway, as Aida in Aida, Kala in Tarzan, Joanne in Rent and Jesus Christ Superstar. She has performed 5 times in the USA and Europe. And at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, and Pasadena Playhouse, she has performed regionally.

5 feet 8 inches

1 m 74 cm