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