

March 17: Joan attends the dedication ceremony of a new Pepsi-Cola bottling plant in Orlando, Florida. Later that evening, Joan attends a dinner in honor of the plant dedication. Upon arrival, Joan attends a press conference. March 16: Joan travels to Orlando, Florida to attend the dedication ceremony of a new Pepsi-Cola bottling plant. March: Joan and Barbara Stanwyck are both contenders for the role of "Jo Courtney" in the film "Walk On The Wild Side." Barbara Stanwyck is later cast to portray the role. Janit is the first born child of Joan's son, Christopher, and his first wife, Nancy. $97,534 claim by Joan for a loan she made to Steele prior to his death.įebruary 12: Joan's first grandchild, Janit, is born. $21,750 claim by Steele's ex-wife, Lillian Steele. $21,000 tax claim by the state of New York. $93,500 tax claim by the federal government. In a Septemagreement, Steele was granted stock options in the company, which the stock holder's suit maintained should be declared null and void as a "gift" that wasted the company's assets. The major claims against Alfred Steele's estate are as follows: The intermediate accounting depicts that the principal asset of Steele's estate is $383,000, which is being held in escrow by Pepsi-Cola due to a stockholder's lawsuit.
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The series has a projected premiere date for fall 1961, but is ultimately canceled.įebruary 4: An intermediate estate accounting discloses Alfred Steele's estate as insolvent, even though he left a gross estate of $607,128. The cocktail party is to benefit the New York Shakespeare Festival, which is slated for April.Įarly February: Screen Gems producer William Doizer approves a new half-hour series called “The Joan Crawford Show” in which Joan will play an savvy attorney named Ellen Fox.

January 12 (#2): Joan co-hosts a cocktail party with actress Helen Hayes at the Commodore Hotel in New York City. January 12: Joan guest stars on the CBS television show "Zane Grey Theater," episode "One Must Die."

January 10: Joan and daughters Cathy and Cindy attend the premiere of Shipstads and Johnson's "Ice Follies of 1961" at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Joan's appearance was previously recorded at the CBS Studio, located at 254 West 54th Street in New York City. January 8 (#2): Joan appears as a mystery contestant on the television game show "What's My Line?" Following her reveal, Joan introduces her daughters Cathy and Cindy to the audience and the show's panel. January 8: Joan and the twins unveil a plaque honoring Alfred Steele at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 7 or 8: Joan attends the 12th annual Philadelphia Cotillion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Early January: Joan travels to Buenos Aries, Argentina.
