Actor profile

Merry Clayton

25th December 1948 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Acting

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 Movies 3 TV Shows 13 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It poster

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It 20th February 2026 as Self

20 Feet from Stardom 14th June 2013 as Self

A Private Affair 26th August 2000 as Betty

Get Bruce! 1st January 1999 as Self

Cagney & Lacey: The Return 6th November 1994 as Verna Dee Jordan

Maid to Order 10th July 1987 as Audrey James

Nine 1/2 Weeks 9th February 1986 as Background Vocal at Porno House

Blame It on the Night 2nd November 1984 as Merry Clayton

Women Who Rock 10th July 2022 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self

Cagney & Lacey 25th March 1982 as Verna Dee Jordan