Merry Clayton
- Acting
- December 25, 1948 · 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 · Self
- Women Who Rock · Self
- 20 Feet from Stardom · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- A Private Affair · Betty
- Get Bruce! · Self
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return · Verna Dee Jordan
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
- Dirty Dancing Live in Concert · Self
- Maid to Order · Audrey James
- Nine 1/2 Weeks · Background Vocal at Porno House
- Blame It on the Night · Merry Clayton
- Cagney & Lacey · Verna Dee Jordan