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Merry Clayton
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".
Also Known As
RaspberriesThe Merry Clayton Singers
Movie Appearances

5.4
Maid to Order
as Audrey James
1987

6.5
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999

7.3
Blame It on the Night
as Merry Clayton
1984
8.0
Dirty Dancing Live in Concert
as Herself
1988

7.2
20 Feet from Stardom
as Self
2013

6.1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Background Vocal at Porno House
1986

9.0
A Private Affair
as Betty
2000

6.8
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Verna Dee Jordan
1994

10.0
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
as Self
2026


