Merry Clayton

Merry Clayton

🎂 25th December 1948 (77 yrs) 📍 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known For

Nine 1/2 Weeks

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".

Merry Clayton

Movies Featuring Merry Clayton

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It (2026)

as Self
20 Feet from Stardom

20 Feet from Stardom (2013)

as Self
A Private Affair

A Private Affair (2000)

as Betty
Get Bruce!

Get Bruce! (1999)

as Self
Cagney & Lacey: The Return

Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)

as Verna Dee Jordan
No Image

Dirty Dancing Live in Concert (1988)

as Herself
Maid to Order

Maid to Order (1987)

as Audrey James
Nine 1/2 Weeks

Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)

as Background Vocal at Porno House
Blame It on the Night

Blame It on the Night (1984)

as Merry Clayton