The Edge of Night
1956
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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.
Minerva Pious was born on 5 March 1903 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Edge of Night (1956), It's in the Bag! (1945) and Joe MacBeth (1955). She died on 16 March 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
- March 5, 1903
- Minerva Pious
- March 16, 1979
Minerva Pious was an American actress who is best known for her role as Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum on Fred Allen’s popular radio series in the 1940s, as well as her appearances in “The Edge of Night,” “It’s in the Bag!,” and “Joe MacBeth.”
Minerva Pious was born on 5 March 1903 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Edge of Night (1956), It's in the Bag! (1945) and Joe MacBeth (1955). She died on 16 March 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
Date of Birth:Mar 5, 1903Birth Place:Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. Biography. Minerva Pious was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Pious began her career with a role in "It's in the Bag" (1945) with Fred Allen.
Mar 20, 1979 · Minerva Pious, who for nearly two decades tickled the risibilities of radio listeners as Mrs. Nussbaum when she appeared with Fred Allen, died Friday at Lenox Hill Hospital. She was 75 years...
Dialectician, Actress. By Carol Stabile. Minerva Pious was born in Odessa, Russia on March 5, 1904. She later said her father, Abraham, sang baritone in the Russian Imperial Grand Opera in Moscow. 1 The Pious family emigrated to the United States in 1906, settling in New Haven, Connecticut.
