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Gail Zappa
Born 1945-01-01Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Adelaide Gail Zappa (née Sloatman; January 1, 1945 – October 7, 2015) was the wife of musician and composer Frank Zappa and the trustee of the Zappa Family Trust. They met in Los Angeles in 1966 and married while she was pregnant with their first child, Moon, followed by Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva. In 2002, Gail Zappa founded the Zappa Family Trust, a holder of the title and copyright to Frank Zappa's musical and artistic products, as well as his commercial image. In 2015, the Trust was given to her son Ahmet shortly before she died of lung cancer.
Screen work
Movies & roles
ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's WifeEat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du papeSelfStupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagneSelfFrank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The MovieHerselfFrank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to SicilyHerselfClassic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite SensationSelfDerailroadedSelfFrank Zappa: Phase II - The Big NoteSelfFrank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To DieSelfA Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank ZappaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 MotelsSelf (archive footage)The Making of 200 MotelsSelfFrank ZappaSelfBurnt Weeny SandwichSelfMondo HollywoodRole