Timeline - Page 7
| 1970 | |
| Rumors persist that JF will star in the Nord Riley play THE ARMORED DOVE. She never appeared in the production. | |
| Late January | JF begins filming A GIRL CALLED JULES in Italy. |
| January 27 | JF walks out on her contract, while filming A GIRL CALLED JULES. |
| Late February | JF attends Conrad Nagel's funeral in New York. |
| June 29 | RELATIVELY SPEAKING opens at the Gilford Playhouse in Gilford, New Hampshire. |
| August 15 | RELATIVELY SPEAKING closes at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. |
| 1972 | |
| Early | JF goes on a South African tour in DIAL "M" FOR MURDER. |
| Summer | JF appears in DIAL "M" FOR MURDER in New England. |
| Late | JF appears as a guest on THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW. |
| 1973 | |
| Late March | JF attends Noel Coward's funeral. |
| June | JF set to star in the play THE ESCAPE OF NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA. The production was later canceled. |
| August 8 | THE ROMANTIC AGE OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING opens at the John Drew Theater in East Hampton, New York. |
| August 11 | THE ROMANTIC AGE OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING closes at the John Drew Theater. |
| 1974 | |
| JF goes on a two-month United States tour in the play DIAL "M" FOR MURDER. | |
| February 12 | FORTY CARATS opens at the Southbury Playhouse in Southbury, Connecticut. |
| July 13 | FORTY CARATS closes at the Southbury Playhouse in Southbury Connecticut. |
| 1975 | |
| January | JF begins rehearsals for CACTUS FLOWER at the Chateau de Ville Dinner Theatre in Rhode Island. She receives word that her mother is dying. |
| February 20 | Mrs. Fontaine dies at the age of eighty-eight. Joan attends funeral. |
| July | JF finishes her twenty-six-week CACTUS FLOWER tour. |
| 1976 | |
| May 17-23 | JF appears in Noel Coward's play BLITHE SPIRIT at the Playhouse Dinner Theater in Columbus, Ohio. |
| Late May | JF presents her newest lecture, "America - Three Centuries Through the Words of its Woman Poets," in Austin, Texas. |
| 1978 | |
| April 30 | JF attends a salute to director George Cukor at Lincoln Center in New York. |
| October 1 | Television movie THE USERS released. |
| October 3 | JF's autobiography, No Bed of Roses, hits the stands; reviewed by Variety. |
| 1979 | |
| March | JF attends the 50th anniversary of the Academy Awards. |
| Summer | JF appears in the play A LION IN WINTER at the English Theatre in Vienna. She received glowing reviews. |
| September 18 | Debbie Dozier marries Santa Fe attorney Earl Potter. |
| 1980 | |
| January 10 | ABC announces that JF will appear on the daytime serial RYAN'S HOPE in the role of Page Williams. |
| January 28 | JF begins a two-week guest appearance on RYAN'S HOPE. |
| April 2 | JF attends the American Film Institute tribute to director King Wallis Vidor at Lincoln Center. |
| 1981 | |
| March 25 | JF makes a guest appearance on the short-lived television show ALOHA PARADISE. |
| November 7 | JF makes a guest appearance on the long-running televesion show, THE LOVE BOAT. |
| 1983 | |
| February 14 | NBC announces that JF has signed to star in a recurring role on the television dramatic series BARE ESSENCE. |
| March 1 | JF appears on BARE ESSENCE. |