About
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".
Filmography
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It2026 · Self
20 Feet from Stardom2013 · Self
A Private Affair2000 · Betty
Get Bruce!1999 · Self
Cagney & Lacey: The Return1994 · Verna Dee Jordan
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert1988 · Herself
Maid to Order1987 · Audrey James
Nine 1/2 Weeks1986 · Background Vocal at Porno House
Blame It on the Night1984 · Merry Clayton