Person
Gail Zappa
Production · 1945–2015 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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

Classic Albums
Self
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Self

Zappa
Self - Frank Zappa's Wife

Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Herself

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Self (archive footage)

Mondo Hollywood
1967

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Self

Derailroaded
Self
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2020ZappaSelf - Frank Zappa's Wife
- 2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)
- 2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du papeSelf
- 2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagneSelf
- 2015Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The MovieHerself
- 2014Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to SicilyHerself
- 2007Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite SensationSelf
- 2005DerailroadedSelf
- 2002Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big NoteSelf
- 2000Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To DieSelf
- 1997Classic AlbumsSelf
- 1993A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank ZappaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1988The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 MotelsSelf (archive footage)
- 1971The Making of 200 MotelsSelf
- 1971Frank ZappaSelf
- 1969Burnt Weeny SandwichSelf
- 1967Mondo Hollywood
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