Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-12-25
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Merry Clayton
Biography
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".
Known For
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Background Vocal at Porno House
20 Feet from Stardom
as Self
Cagney & Lacey
as Verna Dee Jordan
Maid to Order
as Audrey James
Get Bruce!
as Self
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Verna Dee Jordan
Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
as Herself
A Private Affair
as Betty
