
Acting
Merry Clayton
New Orleans, Louisiana, USABorn 1948 (77 years old)
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".
8
Films
3
TV Shows
Known For
11 Credits
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003

Cagney & Lacey
as Verna Dee Jordan
1982

Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Background Vocal at Porno House
1986

Get Bruce!
as Self
1999

Women Who Rock
as Self
2022

20 Feet from Stardom
as Self
2013

Maid to Order
as Audrey James
1987

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Verna Dee Jordan
1994

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
as Self
2026

Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton
1984

A Private Affair
as Betty
2000