Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
December 25, 1948
Age
77
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Popularity
0.7
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".
Also known as
Raspberries · The Merry Clayton Singers
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Known For
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV
6.1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986 · Movie
7.2
20 Feet from Stardom
2013 · Movie
9.0
Women Who Rock
2022 · TV
7.5
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988 · TV
6.5
Get Bruce!
1999 · Movie
5.5
Maid to Order
1987 · Movie
6.8
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · Movie
10.0
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026 · Movie
9.0
A Private Affair
2000 · Movie
7.3
Blame It on the Night
1984 · Movie
Filmography
2026
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Movie · Self
10.0
2022
Women Who Rock
TV · Self
9.0
2013
20 Feet from Stardom
Movie · Self
7.2
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · Self
5.3
2000
A Private Affair
Movie · Betty
9.0
1999
Get Bruce!
Movie · Self
6.5
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie · Verna Dee Jordan
6.8
1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV
7.5
1988
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
Movie · Herself
8.0
1987
Maid to Order
Movie · Audrey James
5.5
1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Movie · Background Vocal at Porno House
6.1
1984
Blame It on the Night
Movie · Merry Clayton
7.3
1982
Cagney & Lacey
TV · Verna Dee Jordan
6.9