New Home for 'Mrs. Walton'

"It's a great house for entertaining with its gourmet kitchen and French doors leading from the dining room to a brick terrace. Rubenstein held many fund-raisers there with as many as 200 guests at a time. She described the house as a canyon retreat in the Beverly Hills Post Office area."

"Actress MICHAEL LEARNED, who played the mother on the popular CBS series "The Waltons," and her husband of about a month, Los Angeles attorney John Doherty, have purchased a $1-million pied-a-terre in the Beverly Hills area. They plan to maintain their apartment in New York."

"Pop singer JANET JACKSON, who signed a recording contract worth an estimated $32-million in March, has purchased the Malibu home of Gale Anne Hurd, producer of the sci-fi movies "Aliens" and "The Terminator." Jackson paid the $4.5-million asking price, including furnishings."

Michael Learned, Emmy-winning actress from "The Waltons," and her husband John Doherty, an Los Angeles attorney married about a month, purchased a $1 million pied-a-terre in Beverly Hills while keeping their New York apartment. The four-bedroom, four-bath French Traditional home built in 1970 features a gourmet kitchen and terrace suitable for entertaining. Learned won four Emmy Awards total, three for "The Waltons" and one for "The Nurse." She has appeared in recent CBS movies including "Aftermath: The Test of Love" and "Gunsmoke: The Last Apache." Separately, pop singer Janet Jackson, who signed a $32 million recording contract, purchased Malibu producer Gale Anne Hurd's home for $4.5 million, including furnishings and amenities like a screening room and gym.

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