Merry Clayton
Acting
December 25, 1948 (77 years old)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Acting Credits
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
2026
as Self
10
Women Who Rock
2022
as Self
9
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
as Self
7.2
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
5.3
A Private Affair
2000
as Betty
9
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
6.5
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
as Verna Dee Jordan
6.8
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
1988
as Herself
8
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
7.5
Maid to Order
1987
as Audrey James
5.5
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as Background Vocal at Porno House
6.1
Blame It on the Night
1984
as Merry Clayton
7.3
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Verna Dee Jordan
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