Suzy Creamcheese was a fictionally credited vocalist and character on and in a number of albums by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 On the album Freak Out! (which features a "letter" from Suzy Creamcheese on the back cover), Suzy Creamcheese was played by Jeannie Vassoir; on Absolutely Free and Mothermania it was Lisa Cohen; and on We're Only in It for the Money, and Uncle Meat it was Pamela Zarubica. Freak Out! is the debut album by American Experimental rock band The Mothers of Invention, released June 27 1966 on Verve Records. Absolutely Free (1967 is the second album by The Mothers of Invention, led by Frank Zappa. Mothermania (subtitled The Best of the Mothers) (1969 is a Compilation album by The Mothers of Invention, led by Frank Zappa We're Only in It For the Money is an Experimental rock album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. Uncle Meat, released in 1969 is the soundtrack to The Mothers of Invention 's long-delayed film of the same name; the front cover designed by
As an indication of the surreal nature of the running Suzy Creamcheese gag in Frank Zappa's work the following from Freak Out! may give a little clue:
Zappa claims that in a 1967 tour in Europe, some fans asked Zappa if Suzy toured with them. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Because of that, Zappa used Zarubica as Suzy in that tour. [1]
There was an allusion to this character in Casino. Casino is an Academy Award nominated 1995 Crime drama Film directed by Martin Scorsese. There is also an episode of the television series The West Wing in which, during a poker game, Toby Ziegler calls C. J. Cregg "Suzy Creamcheese" in jest.