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- Category: Recording
- Star rank: 1668
- Address:
6872 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101423, -118.339766
Jose Iturbi
Biography
José Iturbi Báguena (28 November 1895 – 28 June 1980) was a Spanish conductor, harpsichordist and pianist. He appeared in several Hollywood films of the 1940s, notably playing himself in the 1943 musical, Thousands Cheer, and the 1945 film, Anchors Aweigh. He became involved in a family custody battle in the 1940s, in which he sued his own daughter as unfit for custody of his two granddaughters.
Fact file
- Birth name: José Iturbi Báguena
- Genres: Classical
- Occupations: Conductor, pianist
- Instruments: Piano
- Associated acts: Rochester Philharmonic
Read more about Jose Iturbi at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Orange and Highland
Nearby you will also find Danny Kaye, Sarah Vaughan, Disneyland, Winnie the Pooh, Donald Duck, The Andrews Sisters, Sting, Ann Rutherford, Don Rickles, Sissy Spacek, and many others.