Merry Clayton
Acting
77 years oldNew Orleans, Louisiana, USABiography
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".
Personal Details
Also Known As
Raspberries
The Merry Clayton Singers
Movies (8)
7.2
20 Feet from Stardom
as Self
2013
A Private Affair
as Betty
2000
6.2
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
6.6
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Verna Dee Jordan
1994
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
as Herself
1988
5.4
Maid to Order
as Audrey James
1987
6.1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Background Vocal at Porno House
1986
7.5
Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton
1984
