Minerva Pious
Minerva Pious (March 5, 1903 – March 16, 1979) was an American radio, television and film actress. She was best known as the malaprop-prone Pansy Nussbaum in Fred Allen's famous "Allen's Alley" current-events skits. In his book, Treadmill to Oblivion, Allen called Pious "the most accomplished woman dialectitian ever to appear in radio."
Minerva Pious | |
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Pious with radio actor Charlie Cantor in 1941 | |
| Born | March 5, 1903 |
| Died | March 16, 1979 Manhattan, New York City |
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