Moon Unit Zappa
Biography
Moon Unit Zappa is an American actress, singer, and author who drew notice as a teenager in 1982, performing the spoken monologue on her father Frank Zappa's hit single Valley Girl. Built around her valleyspeak slang, the song became his biggest US hit and appeared on his 1982 album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch. In the mid-1980s she and her brother Dweezil were guest VJs on MTV, and she sang on some of his recordings. Her early screen credits included the film Nightmares (1983) and the television series CHiPs and The Facts of Life. She later worked in stand-up comedy, magazine writing, and acting, appearing in National Lampoon's European Vacation and Spirit of '76 (1990) and on the sitcom Normal Life. She also voiced Mrs. Lamber on High School USA!, wrote a 2001 novel, America, the Beautiful, and released the memoir Earth to Moon in 2024.
59years old
Turns 60 on September 28in 350 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 30 years1983 to 2013
Every film, newest first
- 2013Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to SicilyIMDb rating 6.7
- 1990The Spirit of '76IMDb rating 5.8
- 1989Listen to MeIMDb rating 5.3
- 1985The Boys Next DoorIMDb rating 6.4
- 1983NightmaresIMDb rating 5.7
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First role
At 18, Moon Unit Zappa served as a technical consultant and showed up in multiple episodes of the series Fast Times.
Behind the camera
Zappa is the author of America, the Beautiful, a novel that came out in 2001. She has also written pieces for The New York Times.
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Worked with
Moon Unit Zappa made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Lance Henriksen's page
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Charlie Sheen's page
Rance Howard's page
Richard Masur's page
Veronica Cartwright's page
Joseph SargentDirector, 1 film, 1983
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Douglas Day StewartDirector, 1 film, 1989
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