Merry Clayton
Acting
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
Movies (9)
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It2026Self
20 Feet from Stardom2013Self
A Private Affair2000Betty
Get Bruce!1999Self
Cagney & Lacey: The Return1994Verna Dee Jordan- Dirty Dancing Live in Concert1988Herself
Maid to Order1987Audrey James
Nine 1/2 Weeks1986Background Vocal at Porno House
Blame It on the Night1984Merry Clayton
Shows (4)
Women Who Rock2022Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003Self- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1988
Cagney & Lacey1982Verna Dee Jordan