Merry Clayton
Acting • Born 1948-12-25
Acting0New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography
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".
Filmography
13 credits
Maid to Order
Movie • 1987
Audrey James
Get Bruce!
Movie • 1999
Self
Blame It on the Night
Movie • 1984
Merry Clayton
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
Movie • 1988
Herself
20 Feet from Stardom
Movie • 2013
Self
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Movie • 1986
Background Vocal at Porno House
A Private Affair
Movie • 2000
Betty
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie • 1994
Verna Dee Jordan
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Movie • 2026
Self
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Verna Dee Jordan
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV • 1988
Women Who Rock
TV • 2022
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self