Merry Clayton
Actor
- Born
- December 25, 1948 (age 77) · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Merry Clayton is an American soul and gospel singer and an actress. She provided a number of backing vocal tracks for major performing artists in the 1960s, most notably in her duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter".
Known for
Acting9
- 2026Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It as Self
- 201320 Feet from Stardom as Self
- 2000A Private Affair as Betty
- 1999Get Bruce! as Self
- 1994Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Verna Dee Jordan
- 1988Dirty Dancing Live in Concert as Herself
- 1987Maid to Order as Audrey James
- 1986Nine 1/2 Weeks as Background Vocal at Porno House
- 1984Blame It on the Night as Merry Clayton