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Home/People/Merry Clayton
Merry Clayton profile photo
Born
Dec 25, 1948
Age 77
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

9
Movies
4
TV Shows
Also Known As
Raspberries
The Merry Clayton Singers
IMDb Profile

Merry Clayton

Acting

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

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

as Self
2026
20 Feet from Stardom poster

20 Feet from Stardom

as Self
2013
A Private Affair poster

A Private Affair

as Betty
2000
Get Bruce! poster

Get Bruce!

as Self
1999
Cagney & Lacey: The Return poster

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

as Verna Dee Jordan
1994
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert poster

Dirty Dancing Live in Concert

as Herself
1988
Maid to Order poster

Maid to Order

as Audrey James
1987
Nine 1/2 Weeks poster

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Background Vocal at Porno House
1986
Blame It on the Night poster

Blame It on the Night

as Merry Clayton
1984