Merry Clayton

Actor

Born: December 25, 1948 (age 77)
From: 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".

Filmography (9)

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