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| Other names | Lala Zappa |
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Lala Sloatman is an American actress. Her uncle was the musician Frank Zappa.[ citation needed ] She is sometimes known as Lala Zappa.
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Lala Sloatman | |
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| Other names | Lala Zappa |
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Lala Sloatman is an American actress. Her uncle was the musician Frank Zappa.[ citation needed ] She is sometimes known as Lala Zappa.
In the 1980s, Sloatman appeared in the films Watchers (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989), alongside her then-boyfriend Corey Haim. [1] Haim personally suggested her for the lead in a third movie, Prayer of the Rollerboys (1991), but the part went to Patricia Arquette. A year later, Sloatman likewise auditioned for the title role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer but lost out to Kristy Swanson. [2]
Sloatman's additional movie work includes Bunny Bunny Bunny (a short film which co-starred her cousin Moon Zappa and Kyle Richards), Pump Up the Volume (1990), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993, as Lauren Holly's college roommate), Buy One, Get One Free* (1996), Manfast (2003), Net Games (2003, as a sexy serial killer) and Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010). [3]
Sloatman dated Haim in the late 1980s and C. Thomas Howell in the early 1990s. She has one daughter. Sloatman was married to Chris Robinson, the lead singer of The Black Crowes, from 1996 to 1998. [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | Tequila Sunrise | Sin Sister #2 (cameo role) | Credited as Lala |
| 1988 | Watchers | Tracey | Credited as Lala |
| 1989 | Dream a Little Dream | Shelley | Credited as Lala |
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Blond Waitress in Chinese restaurant (cameo role) | Credited as Lala |
| 1990 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | Sorority Girl (cameo role) | Credited as Lala |
| 1990 | Pump Up the Volume | Janie | |
| 1991 | L.A. Story | Ariel's lesbian girlfriend | Scenes deleted |
| 1993 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Sherry Schnell | |
| 1993 | Amityville: A New Generation | Llanie | Credited as Lala Direct-to-video release |
| 1994 | Cityscrapes: Los Angeles | Angel | |
| 1996 | Buy One, Get One Free* | Sophie (voice) | Alternative title: Fix and Flinch |
| 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Hooker in Loft | |
| 2003 | Net Games | Angel | Alternative title: Net G@mes |
| 2003 | Manfast | Taylor/Narrator | Alternative title: Holding Out |
| 2010 | Somewhere [3] | Layla | |
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