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.
Movie Appearances
Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
as Self
2000
Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
as Self
2002
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
as Self
1969
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Zappa
as Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
2020
The Making of 200 Motels
as Self
1971
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
as Self
2016
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
as Self
2016
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
as Self
2007
Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
as Herself
2014
Derailroaded
as Self
2005
Frank Zappa
as Self
1971
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
as Herself
2015
Mondo Hollywood
1967
