Merry Clayton
December 25, 1948 (76 years old) in 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".
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Credits
- 2013 · 20 Feet from Stardom as Self
- 2000 · A Private Affair as Betty
- 1999 · Get Bruce! as Self
- 1994 · Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Verna Dee Jordan
- 1988 · Dirty Dancing Live in Concert as Herself
- 1987 · Maid to Order as Audrey James
- 1986 · Nine 1/2 Weeks as Background Vocal at Porno House
- 1984 · Blame It on the Night as Merry Clayton
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as Verna Dee Jordan