Merry Clayton

Acting

December 25, 1948 (77)

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

9 movies

7.4 avg

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".

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

7.2

20 Feet from Stardom

as Self

6.1

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Background Vocal at Porno House

5.5

Maid to Order

as Audrey James

Filmography

2020s

1 film

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

as Self

202610.0

2010s

1 film

20 Feet from Stardom

as Self

20137.2

2000s

1 film

A Private Affair

as Betty

20009.0

1990s

2 films

Get Bruce!

as Self

19996.5

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

as Verna Dee Jordan

19946.8

1980s

4 films

Dirty Dancing Live in Concert

as Herself

19888.0

Maid to Order

as Audrey James

19875.5

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Background Vocal at Porno House

19866.1

Blame It on the Night

as Merry Clayton

19847.3