Minerva Pious: You Were Expecting Maybe…?
Minerva Pious (1903-1979), insomuch as she is remembered at all, is known almost exclusively for playing Mrs. Nussbaum in the "Allen's Alley" segments on Fred Allen's radio show. Her character was a hilarious blend of Yiddish dialect and malaprop, a sort of mix of Gertrude Berg (the Yiddish half) and Jane Ace (the malaprop half) […]