Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American writer, comedian and TV host best known for her role as hostess of Dinner and a Movie on TBS and activist in environmental issues and secular humanism. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actress, and New York Times Bestseller Author. Her memoirs were published. You Said Tomato But I Said Shut Up! Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was a long-time host on TBS's Dinner & a Movie and television viewers remember her memorable appearances on programs including Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as the host of the series on sustainability WA$TED which airs on The Planet Green Network. She is a regular guest on PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher as well as on NPR. She also contributes Op-eds to the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter. Acting on stage has earned her a spot on the critics annual Top Ten performances of the year for the both The New York and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle is a wise woman who shares her wisdom about aging and ways to smile at the aging process in a youth-obsessed society. She's performed her acclaimed material at international theater festivals, in the annual 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP events and in women's groups throughout the United States. Annabelle talks to audiences about families and their importance. The tribes within which we are raised and ones into which we decide to fit. Annabelle's presentations for audiences of all kinds include: the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix The Skirball center for the Arts, the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch speaks about the power of memoir to reclaim the past, find its significance and provide an orientation for the future. Talks and lectures include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literary festivals as well as performing arts centers. You can view her IMHO regarding reading versus binge watching, you can guess which side she comes down on on the PBS News Hour.