Biography and filmography
Merry Clayton
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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Movies (9)

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026 · Self

A 20 pasos de la fama
2013 · Self

A Private Affair
2000 · Betty

Get Bruce!
1999 · Self

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · Verna Dee Jordan
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
1988 · Herself

Maid to Order
1987 · Audrey James

Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986 · Background Vocal at Porno House

Blame It on the Night
1984 · Merry Clayton



