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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

10

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-12-25 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Raspberries

The Merry Clayton Singers

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

Maid to Order

1987

Maid to Order

as

Audrey James

Get Bruce!

1999

Get Bruce!

as

Self

Blame It on the Night

1984

Blame It on the Night

as

Merry Clayton

Nine 1/2 Weeks

1986

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as

Background Vocal at Porno House

A Private Affair

2000

A Private Affair

as

Betty

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

as

Verna Dee Jordan

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

as

Verna Dee Jordan

Production

Crew

Directing