Merry Clayton
Known for ActingBorn 1948-12-25New 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
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986 · as Background Vocal at Porno House
Get Bruce!
1999 · as Self
Maid to Order
1987 · as Audrey James
20 Feet from Stardom
2013 · as Self
A Private Affair
2000 · as Betty
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026 · as Self
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · as Verna Dee Jordan
Blame It on the Night
1984 · as Merry Clayton
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
1988 · as Herself