Merry Clayton
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".
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Acting Credits
Acting
Movie
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Background Vocal at Porno House
1986
Movie
20 Feet from Stardom
as Self
2013
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
TV
Cagney & Lacey
as Verna Dee Jordan
1982
Movie
Maid to Order
as Audrey James
1987
Movie
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
Movie
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Verna Dee Jordan
1994
Movie
Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton
1984
TV
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
TV
Women Who Rock
as Self
2022
Movie
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
as Herself
1988
Movie
A Private Affair
as Betty
2000
Movie
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
as Self
2026