Gail Zappa
Biography
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.
Known For
Self
Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
Self
Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
Self (archive footage)
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Self
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Self (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
Zappa
Self
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
Self
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ein Leben als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa
Self
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Self
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Herself
Frank Zappa - Summer '82 : When Zappa Came to Sicily
Self
Derailroaded
Self
Frank Zappa
Herself
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Personal Info
Known For
Production
Known Credits
15
Gender
Female
Birthday
1945-01-01
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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