Merry Clayton

Acting Born: December 25, 1948 • 77 years old • 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".

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Also Known As

RaspberriesThe Merry Clayton Singers

Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Cagney & Lacey

as Verna Dee Jordan

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Background Vocal at Porno House

Get Bruce!

as Self

Women Who Rock

as Self

20 Feet from Stardom

as Self

Maid to Order

as Audrey James

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

as Verna Dee Jordan

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

as Self

Blame It on the Night

as Merry Clayton

A Private Affair

as Betty