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Merry Clayton

Merry Clayton

Born: 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 poster
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026 • Self
20 Feet from Stardom poster
20 Feet from Stardom
2013 • Self
A Private Affair poster
A Private Affair
2000 • Betty
Get Bruce! poster
Get Bruce!
1999 • Self
Cagney & Lacey: The Return poster
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 • Verna Dee Jordan
No Image
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
1988 • Herself
Maid to Order poster
Maid to Order
1987 • Audrey James
Nine 1/2 Weeks poster
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986 • Background Vocal at Porno House
Blame It on the Night poster
Blame It on the Night
1984 • Merry Clayton