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26-518: Moon Zappa was born in New York City, the eldest child of Gail (née Sloatman) and musician Frank Zappa . She has three younger siblings: Dweezil , Ahmet , and Diva . Zappa's father was of Sicilian, Greek-Arab, and French ancestry, and her mother was of German and Portuguese descent. Zappa attended Oakwood School in North Hollywood , California. Zappa first came to public attention in 1982 at

52-577: A man's surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed. The diacritic mark (the acute accent ) over the e is considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but is sometimes omitted. According to Oxford University 's Dictionary of Modern English Usage , the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., " Margaret Thatcher , née Roberts" or " Bill Clinton , né Blythe"). Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be italicized , but they often are. In Polish tradition ,

78-402: A Drowning Witch . In the mid-1980s, Zappa and her brother Dweezil were frequent guest VJs on MTV . She sang on Dweezil's songs " My Mother Is a Space Cadet " b/w "Crunchy Water" in 1982 and "Let's Talk About It" from the album Havin' a Bad Day in 1986. As a teenager, Zappa acted in the television series CHiPs , The Facts of Life , and the film Nightmares . While still 18, she

104-521: A Pulp") of Roseanne . In 2013, Zappa was the voice of Mrs. Lamber on FOX Broadcasting's Animation Domination High-Def series High School USA! . In 2000, Zappa appeared as guest vocalist on Kip Winger 's third solo album Songs from the Ocean Floor . She is the author of the novel America, the Beautiful , published in 2001. She has also written for The New York Times . In a 2016 interview with

130-541: A fraught relationship with her oldest daughter, Moon, which seemed to have been repaired at the end of Gail's life. But, upon her death, it was revealed that the Zappa estate would not be divided equally among the four Zappa children, leaving Moon and Dweezil in a weaker financial position. "It's complicated enough to be grieving the loss of a mean mom", Moon Zappa told the Los Angeles Times in 2016, "and then to find out she

156-648: Is absolutely identity theft because from my point of view, Frank Zappa’s audience deserves to hear the music—if it’s for the first time, especially—presented in a way that is in the best possible light of what the composer intended." In 2008, the Zappa Family Trust sued the organizers of the Zappanale Festival, held outside Bad Doberan , Germany, demanding they change the name of the festival, remove their promotional posters (which contained an allegedly trademarked moustache similar to Frank Zappa's) and remove

182-578: Is profitable—as of 2016, it was millions of dollars in debt—and must seek permission from Ahmet, the trustee, to make money from their father's music or merchandise bearing his name. In 2018, the Zappa siblings were reported to have legally reconciled their differences, with Dweezil noting "It may be a bumpy road at times – we are a passionate Italian family – but we have decided to work toward privately discussing issues rather than using public forums and lawyers." Gail Zappa Adelaide Gail Zappa ( née Sloatman ; January 1, 1945 – October 7, 2015)

208-416: Is the feminine past participle of naître , which means "to be born". Né is the masculine form. The term née , having feminine grammatical gender , can be used to denote a woman's surname at birth that has been replaced or changed. In most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's maiden name after her surname has changed due to marriage. The term né can be used to denote

234-567: The Los Angeles Times , Zappa said she was working on a book about growing up in her "crazy house". Zappa's memoir, Earth to Moon , was released in August 2024. Zappa married Paul Doucette , drummer and rhythm guitarist for American pop group Matchbox Twenty , in June 2002. They have one child, Mathilda Plum Doucette. They divorced in 2014. Following the death of Zappa's mother, Gail, in October 2015, it

260-575: The Läther package have much of the same music, but each also has unique content. In any case, Warner breached the contract by failing to pay Frank upon delivery of the recordings. Gail also claimed that Warner had broken up the Läther recordings into individual albums. However, this is directly contradicted in multiple interviews. In 1978 Frank said " Läther was made out of four albums. Warners has released two of them already and they have two more that they're probably gonna release." In July 2015, it

286-666: The " freak scene " in Los Angeles, and by her own account became something of a groupie . She met her future husband Frank Zappa in 1966 when she was working as a secretary at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. They married in a civil ceremony in New York on September 21, 1967, late in her pregnancy with Moon Zappa , born a week later. The marriage also produced children Dweezil , Ahmet and Diva Zappa . Gail had

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312-723: The Trust was given to her son Ahmet shortly before she died of lung cancer . Adelaide Gail Sloatman was born in Philadelphia to John Klein Sloatman Jr. (1915–1967), a second generation German-American who was a nuclear physicist with the United States Navy , and Laura Freitas (born 1921), who was born in Honolulu of Portuguese ancestry. She had 7 siblings, including 1 half-sibling from her father's previous marriage to Joan Lou Gatt. She

338-571: The age of 14, when she appeared on her father's hit single " Valley Girl ". The song featured Moon's monologue in " valleyspeak ", slang terms popular with teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley , Los Angeles . "Valley Girl" was Frank Zappa's biggest hit in the United States, and popularized phrases from the lyric such as "grody to the max" and "gag me with a spoon". The song appeared on her father's 1982 album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save

364-622: The bust of him that has stood in the city center since 2002. In January 2009, the court found in Zappanale's favor after their defense argued that as the Zappa Family Trust only sells products on the Internet and accepts only U.S. dollars , it had not effectively exercised its trademarks in Germany for more than five years. The court also ruled that the use of the moustache was sufficiently different in Zappanale's merchandise so as not to cause confusion between

390-654: The entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name . The assumption in the Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah ) will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names , diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition . The French and English-adopted née

416-418: The mid-1960s. After returning to Los Angeles, she met producer Kim Fowley , and recorded a spoken word single with him as "Bunny and Bear". The record is a satire of Sonny and Cher . Gail Zappa made a very brief appearance with then musician boyfriend Bobby Jameson in the documentary film Mondo Hollywood , filmed in 1966. She met Vito Paulekas and Carl Franzoni , the leaders of what became known as

442-465: The original, parody cover of his We're Only In It For The Money album (1968). Frank Zappa also named Barking Pumpkin Records after his wife's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , or smoker's cough. Frank Zappa's relationship with manager Bennett Glotzer ended in 1984. From then on Gail co-managed with Frank, acted as business secretary, and supervised the record labels and mail order business. At

468-481: The release of the album Läther . Frank had intended to release this in October 1977 but due to legal problems he was forced to shelve the album. Upon release in 1996 Gail said "As originally conceived by Frank, Läther was always a four-record box set." Despite this, Frank had already submitted a group of four individual albums (five full-length LPs) to Warner Bros. Records in March 1977. The four individual albums and

494-462: The time of his death in 1993, Frank urged Gail to withdraw from the music business, but never clarified what was to be done with his publishing catalog. In 2002, Gail founded the Zappa Family Trust, intended to oversee the release of his recordings, including multiple previously unavailable works. The trust holds title and copyright to Frank Zappa's musical and artistic products, as well as his commercial image. After Frank's death Gail authorized

520-414: The two. Gail Zappa died in Los Angeles on October 7, 2015. Rolling Stone and TMZ reported that she died following "a long battle with lung cancer". She was 70. Birth name#Maiden and married names A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname , the given name , or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered,

546-572: Was a technical consultant and appeared in several episodes of Fast Times . As an adult, she has worked as a stand-up comic , magazine writer, and actress, appearing in the films National Lampoon's European Vacation and Spirit of '76 , the television sitcom Normal Life , and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show . Zappa appeared as a niqab -clad Muslim woman in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm , as Ted Mosby's cousin Stacy in an episode of How I Met Your Mother , and on an episode ("Pampered to

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572-473: Was announced that Ahmet Zappa would take over operation of the trust. Ahmet's siblings Dweezil and Moon publicly expressed frustration with his appointment to that role. Described as "a strong-willed and savvy business woman", Gail Zappa "frequently squared off against the music industry's major players ...". She sent a note ending "Fuck you" to Steve Jobs over the creation of the iTunes Store . She criticized tribute bands playing Zappa's music, saying: "It

598-423: Was meaner than I could have possibly comprehended ... It's comical, the level of betrayal". Ahmet Zappa insisted his mother was misunderstood. "She demanded respect and got the respect", he said, "and that's really unusual". An interview with Gail was featured in the 1987 book Rock Wives , written by Victoria Balfour. Gail can be seen behind Frank Zappa on the sleeve of his album Absolutely Free (1967) and on

624-620: Was named after her maternal grandmother, Adelaide Silva. She grew up in Hollywood , and lived with her family in London, where her father was posted in 1959, and attended Marymount International School . She also modeled for photographer Terence Donovan . She worked at the Office of Naval Research and Development, and then moved to New York, where she studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in

650-402: Was revealed that her siblings Ahmet and Diva were given control of the Zappa family trust with shares of 30% each, while Moon and her brother Dweezil were given smaller shares of 20% each. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times in 2016, Zappa called it "the most hideous shock of [her] life." As beneficiaries only, Moon and Dweezil will reportedly not receive any distributions from the trust until it

676-534: 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 . Gail was also the aunt of model and actress Lala Sloatman . 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,

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