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
Women Who Rock
as Self
Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
as Herself