Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American comedian, author and television host who is most well-known for her time as hostess for 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. She wrote the memoirs You said Tomato But I Said Shut Up! The comedy show on TBS was also produced by Annabelle Gurwitch. Gurwitch was a long-time host on TBS's Dinner & a Movie and TV viewers will remember her unforgettable appearances on programs including Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown and also as hosts of the series on sustainability WA$TED on The Planet Green Network. She has been a frequent guest in PBS Newhour Real Time With Bill Maher, NPR and writes op-eds and satires for the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter as well as op eds and satires for The New Yorker. The work she does as an actor on stage has secured her a spot in the annual list of critics' Top Ten Performances of the Year for the both The New York and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle gives a funny and insightful account of growing older in today's youth-oriented society. She's presented this material in front of audiences across the globe such as The 92% St Y Prevention Magazine, AARP and Women's Nights. Annabelle speaks about the significance as well as the absurdity of our family members, both those which we were raised in as well as those that we have joined. She is a speaker for all ages at venues like The Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GoogleTalks, the Skirball for the Arts the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch makes use of memoirs to redeem the meaning of the past, and to set the stage for our future. Lectures include the George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women Literary Festivals as well as the performing arts centers. Watch her PBS News Hour IMHO about watching versus reading, and you'll be able to figure out where she's at.