Merry Clayton
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1948-12-25
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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
Maid to Order
1987Audrey James
Get Bruce!
1999Self
Blame It on the Night
1984Merry ClaytonDirty Dancing Live in Concert
1988Herself
20 Feet from Stardom
2013Self
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986Background Vocal at Porno House
A Private Affair
2000Betty
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994Verna Dee Jordan