Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American writer, comedian and TV host best known for her time as hostess for Dinner and a Movie on TBS and activist in the environment and secular humanism. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actress and New York Times Bestseller Author. She penned her memoirs You Didn't Say Tomato but I said Shut Up! Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch hosted Dinner & a Movie on TBS for a number of years. Television viewers are likely to be able to recall her appearances on shows such as Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as WA$TED, a sustainability show that was telecast on The Planet Green Network. Her regular TV appearances include PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher as well as NPR. She also writes op eds which are featured in the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter comedy series as well as in The New Yorker & McSweeneys. Her work as an actress on stage has secured her place on the critics annual top Ten Performances of the Year for both The New York and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle shares her knowledge as well as her hilarious perspective on the process of aging in our culture which is so centered on youth. The material has been presented at theater festivals around the world, the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP conventions as well as Ladies Nights held by Women's Groups nationwide. Annabelle discusses the insanity and importance of family, the families we're born into as well as the tribes we decide to belong to. For audiences of any age Annabelle has delivered talks in the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GoogleTalks' Skirball Center for the Arts The Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch discusses how memoir can help us uncover, reclaim and gain significance in our past. Also, it provides guidance for the future. Lectures, talks and performances are included. George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literary festivals and performance arts centers. Watch the segment on her PBS News Hour IMHO about watching versus reading, and then you'll have the ability to guess where she stands.