Merry Clayton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1948-12-25 (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 (13)

MOVIE★ 10.0
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026
as Self
TV★ 9.0
Women Who Rock
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
as Self
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Private Affair
2000
as Betty
MOVIE★ 6.5
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
as Verna Dee Jordan
TV★ 7.5
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
MOVIE★ 8.0
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
1988
as Herself
MOVIE★ 5.5
Maid to Order
1987
as Audrey James
MOVIE★ 6.1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as Background Vocal at Porno House
MOVIE★ 7.3
Blame It on the Night
1984
as Merry Clayton
TV★ 6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Verna Dee Jordan