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Gail Zappa
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…
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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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2020
Zappa
Movie Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
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2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2016
- 2016
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2015
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Movie Herself
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2014
Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
Movie Herself
- 2007
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2005
Derailroaded
Movie Self
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2002
Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
Movie Self
- 2000
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1997
Classic Albums
TV show Self
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1993
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1971
The Making of 200 Motels
Movie Self
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1971
Frank Zappa
Movie Self
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1969
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Movie Self
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1967
Mondo Hollywood
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