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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 25, 1948
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
- Raspberries
- The Merry Clayton Singers
Merry Clayton
1.2 Popularity
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".
Known For
9.0
Self
Women Who Rock
2022
7.2
Self
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
0.0
Betty
A Private Affair
2000
6.2
Self
Get Bruce!
1999
6.6
Verna Dee Jordan
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
🎬
7.0
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
🎬
0.0
Herself
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
1988
5.4
Audrey James
Maid to Order
1987
6.1
Background Vocal at Porno House
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
7.5
Merry Clayton
Blame It on the Night
1984
Credits
Women Who Rock
as Self
2022
9.0
20 Feet from Stardom
as Self
2013
7.2
A Private Affair
as Betty
2000
0.0
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
6.2
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Verna Dee Jordan
1994
6.6
🎬
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
7.0
🎬
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
as Herself
1988
0.0
Maid to Order
as Audrey James
1987
5.4
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Background Vocal at Porno House
1986
6.1
Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton
1984
7.5
Cagney & Lacey
as Verna Dee Jordan
1982
7.0