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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Zappa (2020) — Self - Frank Zappa's Wife
2. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) — Self (archive footage)
3. Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation (2007) — Self
4. Derailroaded (2005) — Self
5. Classic Albums (1997) — Self
6. Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie (2015) — Herself
7. Mondo Hollywood (1967)
8. Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily (2014) — Herself
9. The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) — Self (archive footage)
10. Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note (2002) — Self
11. A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa (1993) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
12. Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die (2000) — Self
13. Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1969) — Self
14. The Making of 200 Motels (1971) — Self
15. Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape (2016) — Self
16. Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne (2016) — Self
17. Frank Zappa (1971) — Self