Merry Clayton

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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

• Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It (2026)
• 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
• A Private Affair (2000)
• Get Bruce! (1999)
• Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
• Dirty Dancing Live in Concert (1988)
• Maid to Order (1987)
• Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
• Blame It on the Night (1984)