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Minerva Pious

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American actress (1903-1979)

United StatesActorsLived 1903 to 1979 · aged 76
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Minerva Pious 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."

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The Allen's Alley cast (l to r): Fred Allen, Kenny Delmar, Minerva Pious, Peter Donald, Parker Fennelly.The Allen's Alley cast (l to r): Fred Allen, Kenny Delmar, Minerva Pious, Peter Donald, Parker Fennelly.

Filmography 4

Joe Macbeth1955
It's in the Bag!1945
Pinocchio in Outer Space1965
The Great Radio Comedians1971

5 credits on file

Television 1

The Dick Cavett Show1968

Connected to Minerva 6

Bonar ColleanoAlso in Joe Macbeth (1955)Richard WallaceAlso in It's in the Bag! (1945)Ray GoossensAlso in Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965)Jay DratlerAlso in It's in the Bag! (1945)Ken HughesAlso in Joe Macbeth (1955)Victor MooreAlso in It's in the Bag! (1945)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1979 · aged 76
Written about in
5 languages

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