1945-01-01 Philadelphia, 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.
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Zappa | Self - Frank Zappa's Wife | 2020-11-27 |
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words | Self (archive footage) | 2016-05-03 |
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne | Self | 2016-03-13 |
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape | Self | 2016-03-13 |
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Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie | Herself | 2015-09-10 |
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Frank Zappa - Summer '82 : When Zappa Came to Sicily | Herself | 2014-10-05 |
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Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation | Self | 2007-05-01 |
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Derailroaded | Self | 2005-03-01 |
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Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note | Self | 2002-06-20 |
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Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die | Self | 2000-07-02 |
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Ein Leben als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1993-01-01 |
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels | Self (archive footage) | 1988-01-01 |
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Frank Zappa | Self | 1971-02-11 |
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Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels | Self | 1971-12-23 |
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Burnt Weeny Sandwich | Self | 1969-04-30 |