Acting

Merry Clayton

Born 1948-12-25 · 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".

Credits

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Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
as Self
2026
Women Who Rock
as Self
2022
20 Feet from Stardom
as Self
2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
A Private Affair
as Betty
2000
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Verna Dee Jordan
1994
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
as Herself
1988
Maid to Order
as Audrey James
1987
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Background Vocal at Porno House
1986
Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton
1984
Cagney & Lacey
as Verna Dee Jordan
1982