Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American writer, comedian and TV host most recognizable from her time as hostess for Dinner and a Movie on TBS as well as an activist with the environment and secular humanism. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actor, as well as a New York Times Bestseller Author. She wrote the memoirs You Didn't Say Tomato But I Said Shut Up! This was also the Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch is a regular host on TBS Dinner & a Movie. Her unforgettable television performances are Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as her hosting of WA$TED, an environmental show which airs on The Planet Green Network. She has been a frequent guest presenter on PBS Newhour Real Time With Bill Maher, NPR and composes satirical and op-ed pieces for the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter and Op-eds and satires to The New Yorker. Her work has been recognized by reviewers for her work on the stage in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle is a wise woman who shares her laugh out loud story of the aging process in our youth obsessed culture. She has performed this acclaimed show at theatre festivals all over the world the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP conventions and ladies nights for women's groups nationwide. Annabelle talks about the insanity and value of family. the families we are born into as well as our tribes which we choose to belong to. Talks for people of all ages are available in venues: The Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GOOGLE Talks The Skirball Center for the Arts and the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch makes use of memoirs as a means to bring meaning back to our history and put us on a path for our future. Lectures, talks and performances include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literature fests and performance arts centers. If you want to know what she thinks, watch the PBS News Hour. She gives an opinion on watching movies versus reading.