Merry Clayton

Acting

1948-12-25 · 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

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

2026 · Movie

Women Who Rock

2022 · Series

20 Feet from Stardom

2013 · Movie

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Series

A Private Affair

2000 · Movie

Get Bruce!

1999 · Movie

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994 · Movie

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

1988 · Series

Dirty Dancing Live in Concert

1988 · Movie

Maid to Order

1987 · Movie

Nine 1/2 Weeks

1986 · Movie

Blame It on the Night

1984 · Movie

Cagney & Lacey

1982 · Series