Merry Clayton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-12-25 (77 years old)

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".

Acting

1987

Maid to Order

as Audrey James

1999

Get Bruce!

as Self

1984

Blame It on the Night

as Merry Clayton

1986

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Background Vocal at Porno House

2000

1994

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

as Verna Dee Jordan

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