1986Nominee
Best Performance
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Merry Clayton
Actor
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
December 25, 1948
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".
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1999Nominee
Best Performance
Get Bruce!
1987Nominee
Best Performance
Maid to Order
Career Highlights
2013Highlight
Best Performance
20 Feet from Stardom
1994Highlight
Best Performance
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
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Nine 1/2 Weeks
Maid to Order
20 Feet from Stardom