Moon Unit Zappa Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$3,000,000

Famous American actress, Moon Unit Zappa has a net worth of $3 million, born in New York City as the daughter of musician, Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa. She started acting as a child and gained national attention when she performed a monologue on her father’s song, ‘Valley Girl’ at the age of 14. Though Frank’s estate had been reportedly ‘beyond broke’ at the time of his death, his estate has earned millions of dollars through licensing agreements, merchandise sales, film rights, memorabilia, and more. The estate battle which lasted for decades finally settled in March 2019 with a settlement agreement between three of the four children.

Key facts:

Moon Unit Zappa is an American actress and stand-up comedian known for her various appearances on TV shows and films.

She gained nationwide attention at the age of 14 for performing a monologue in her father's song, 'Valley Girl'.

Moon Unit Zappa authored 'America, the Beautiful', a book released in 2001.

Moon claimed that she was pressured into selling a home to raise $250,000 for Frank's cancer treatments after his death.

She is one of Frank Zappa's children who fought over the ability to monetize their father's image and the right to perform under the family's name, 'Zappa'.

Basic Information About Moon Unit Zappa

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Actor, Musician, Author, Artist, Writer
Net worth	$3,000,000
Date of birth	1967-09-28 (57 years old)
Place of birth	New York City
Nationality	United States of America
Spouse	Paul Doucette - (1 June 2002 - 2014) (divorced) (1 child)
Gender	Female
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Moon Unit Zappa win?

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Moon Unit Zappa roles

Movie / Series	Role
National Lampoon's European Vacation	Rusty's California Girl (as Moon Zappa)
Jack Frost	School Teacher (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy	Kelly 1 episode, 2010
How I Met Your Mother	Stacy 1 episode, 2006
CHiPs	Tami 1 episode, 1982
Made in Hollywood	Self 1 episode, 2016
Curb Your Enthusiasm	Haboos 1 episode, 2004
Private Practice	Jenny 1 episode, 2007
Roseanne	Carol 1 episode, 1996
High School USA!	Tracy / ... 5 episodes, 2013
Tenacious D	Art Gallery Visitor 1 episode, 2000
Clueless	Taki 1 episode, 1996
The Facts of Life	Sondra 1 episode, 1985

Moon Unit Zappa's Quotes

Gag me with a spoon.

Interesting Facts about Moon Unit Zappa

Daughter of Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa.
Older sister of actor Dweezil Zappa, Diva Zappa, and Ahmet Zappa.
Had a hit record "Valley Girl" with her father in 1982. The single helped launch the brief Valley Girl fad of the '80s.
Her ex-husband, Paul Doucette, is the drummer with the rock band Matchbox Twenty.
Her vocals on "Valley Girl" were unplanned. Frank Zappa was working on the track and needed a female voice to do the lines, so he went upstairs and asked her if she wanted to do it. Moon had been missing her dad, who'd been busy recording, and asked to "book a session" just for the chance to spend time with him.
Got her middle name from the idea that her birth made parents Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa a "family unit".
Ex-sister-in-law of Selma Blair.
In 2004, Moon Unit was voted the most bizarrely named celebrity offspring off all time in a poll for Sky TV.
In November 2005 she topped a list of celebrity offspring with the most bizarre names, according to an on-line poll.
Her name is parodied in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). Dr. Evil's moon base is divided into two units, "Moon Unit Alpha" and "Moon Unit Zappa".
Sister-in-law of Shana Muldoon and Patrick Muldoon.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 37, a daughter Mathilda Plum Doucette on December 21, 2004. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Paul Doucette.
The following television shows and films were aired/released on her birthday: Mission: Impossible: The Code (1969)Emergency!: Gossip (1974)The Six Million Dollar Man: The Price of Liberty (1975)Time After Time (1979)Quantum Leap: The Leap Home: Part 1 - November 25, 1969 (1990)The Simpsons: The Principal and the Pauper (1997)The Wonderful World of Disney: Toy Story (1997)Numb3rs: Trust Metric (2007)The Simpsons: Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes (2008)1000 Ways to Die: Dead Wrongs (2010)She also has the same birthday as Confucius, and Cathriona White died on her birthday.