Moon Zappa
| Moon Zappa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Moon Unit Zappa September 28, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation |
Actress Author |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Doucette (m. 2002; div. 2014) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) |
Frank Zappa Gail Zappa |
| Relatives |
Dweezil Zappa (brother) Ahmet Zappa (brother) Diva Zappa (sister) |
Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967) is an American actress and author.
Personal life
Moon Zappa was born in New York City, the eldest child of Gail (née Sloatman) and musician Frank Zappa.[1] She has three younger siblings, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva. Zappa's father was of Sicilian, Greek-Arab, and French ancestry, and her mother is of French, Irish, and mostly Danish ancestry.[2]
Zappa attended Oakwood School in North Hollywood, California. She married Paul Doucette, former drummer and current rhythm guitarist for American pop group Matchbox Twenty, in June 2002. They have one child, Mathilda Plum Doucette, born December 21, 2004 (the same day and month as grandfather Frank). Zappa filed for divorce in January 2012.[3] The divorce was finalized in early 2014.[4] Zappa briefly dated comedian and podcast host Marc Maron.
Career
Zappa first came to public attention in 1982 at the age of 14, appearing 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.
In the mid-1980s, Zappa and her brother Dweezil were frequent guest VJs on MTV. "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 a Drowning Witch. She also sang on Dweezil's songs "My Mother Is a Space Cadet," 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.[1] 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.
She 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 a Pulp") of Roseanne.[5] Most recently, she was the voice of Mrs. Lamber on FOX Broadcasting's Animation Domination High-Def series High School USA!.
In 2000, she 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.[6] She has also written for The New York Times.[7]
References
- 1 2 Moon Unit Zappa Biography (1967–), Filmreference.com
- ↑ Miles, Barry (2004). Zappa. Grove Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-8021-1783-0.
- ↑ "Frank Zappa Daughter Moon Unit Files Divorce". Daily Mail. 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ↑ "Moon Zappa Divorce -- Our Kid Will Still Get the Star Treatment". TMZ.com. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ "Pampered to a Pulp" at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Zappa, Moon Unit. America the Beautiful: A Novel. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7432-1383-7
- ↑ Zappa, Moon Unit (2001-11-18). "One Street at a Time; Positively Third Street". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
External links
- Moon Zappa at the Internet Movie Database
- WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - Episode 434 - Moon Zappa mp3
- Zappa Family Album
