Merry Clayton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 25, 1948 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- New 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".
Known For
Filmography
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Movie · as Self
Women Who Rock
TV · as Self · 1 ep
20 Feet from Stardom
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Private Affair
Movie · as Betty
Get Bruce!
Movie · as Self
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie · as Verna Dee Jordan
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
Movie · as Herself
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV · 1 ep
Maid to Order
Movie · as Audrey James
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Movie · as Background Vocal at Porno House
Blame It on the Night
Movie · as Merry Clayton
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Verna Dee Jordan · 15 eps