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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-12-25 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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".

Known For

Acting

2013

2000

1999

Get Bruce! as Self

1994

Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Verna Dee Jordan

1988

1987

Maid to Order as Audrey James

1986

Nine 1/2 Weeks as Background Vocal at Porno House

1984

Blame It on the Night as Merry Clayton

1982

Cagney & Lacey as Verna Dee Jordan