Moon Zappa
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'''Moon Unit Zappa''' (born [[September 28]] [[1967]]) is an American actress and musician. She goes by the name '''Moon Zappa'''; "Unit" is her [[middle name]].
==Biography==
===Personal life===
Zappa was born in [[New York City]], the eldest child of Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who worked in business, and rock star [[Frank Zappa]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/80/Moon-Unit-Zappa.html Moon Unit Zappa Biography (1967-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She has three younger siblings, [[Dweezil Zappa|Dweezil]], [[Ahmet Zappa|Ahmet]], and [[Diva Zappa|Diva]]. Zappa's father was of Sicilian, Greek-Arab and French descent and her mother was of Danish, French, Irish and Portuguese ancestry.<ref name="mother">{{cite book|last=Miles|first=Barry|authorlink=|coauthors=|title=Zappa|publisher=Grove Press|date=2004|location=|pages=124|month=|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2pPgG9AXjN4C&printsec=frontcover|id=ISBN080211783X}}</ref> She married [[Matchbox Twenty]] drummer and guitarist [[Paul Doucette]] in June of [[2002]]. They have one child, Mathilda Plum Doucette, born [[December 21]], [[2004]].
===Career===
Apart from the novelty of her and her siblings' names, she first came to public attention at the age of fourteen, in 1982, as a vocalist on her father's hit single "[[Valley Girl (song)|Valley Girl]]". The song featured Moon Unit Zappa delivering a monologue in '[[valspeak|val-speak]]', a collection of slang terms popular in the [[San Fernando Valley]], [[Los Angeles]]. Around this time, in the mid-80s, Moon Unit and her brother were frequent guest VJs on MTV. Next to "Dancin' Fool", "Valley Girl" was Frank Zappa's biggest hit in the [[United States]], and popularized phrases such as "''Grody to the max''" and "''Gag me with a spoon''". The song appeared on Zappa's 1982 album ''[[Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch]]''.
As an adult she has worked as a [[stand-up comedy|stand-up comic]], magazine writer, and actress in the films ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]'' (1985), ''[[Spirit of '76 (1990 film)|Spirit of '76]]'' and the television [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''Normal Life''. She also appeared as a burka-clad Muslim woman in one episode of ''[[Curb your Enthusiasm]]''.
She is the [[author]] of the [[novel]] ''America, the Beautiful'', which was published by Touchstone on [[September 11]], [[2001]] (ISBN 0-7432-1383-1).
==Cultural references==
*Her curious name has often been the source of comedy, for example in ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', the pop culturally-challenged Dr. Evil talks about the security of his moon base being made of two teams: "Moon Unit Alpha" and "Moon Unit Zappa."
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://moonzappa.com/ Moon Zappa's Website]
*[http://www.nndb.com/people/420/000025345/ Moon Unit Zappa] on NNDB
*{{imdb name|id=0953262|name=Moon Unit Zappa}}
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