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".

KNOWN FOR

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2021
Cagney & Lacey
1987
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Women Who Rock
2022
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
Get Bruce!
1999
Maid to Order
1987
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
Blame It on the Night
1984
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
1988

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
13
2026
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
as Self
2022
Women Who Rock
as Self
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2013
20 Feet from Stardom
as Self
2000
A Private Affair
as Betty
1999
Get Bruce!
as Self
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Verna Dee Jordan
1988
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
as Herself
1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1987
Maid to Order
as Audrey James
1987
Cagney & Lacey
as Verna Dee Jordan
1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Background Vocal at Porno House
1984
Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton