Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American writer, comedian and TV host who is most well-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. Her memoirs were published. You Said Tomato But I Said Shut Up! It also appeared in the Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch is a regular host of TBS Dinner & a Movie. Her unforgettable television appearances are Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as hosting WA$TED, an environmental show which airs on The Planet Green Network. Regular TV appearances are on PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher as well as NPR. Additionally, she has written op eds, which are featured in the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter comedy series as well as to The New Yorker & McSweeneys. As an actress, her performances onstage have been recognized as among the critics of the 'Top Ten performances for the year in The New York Times as and The Los Angeles Times. Annabelle is an experienced woman who shares her wisdom about aging and ways to be funny in our youth-driven society. Annabelle has performed her renowned material at theater festivals around the globe, as well as at the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP Conventions as well as ladies night for women's groups nationwide. Annabelle discusses the insanity and significance of family, those families that we were born into as well as the tribes that we choose to be a part of. The talks she gives to audience members of all ages comprise venues: The Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GOOGLE Talks The Skirball Centre for the Arts and the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch talks about the power of memoir to bring meaning back to our past and provide the direction we need for the future. Literature festivals and performing arts center include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women. On PBS News Hour, she shares her thoughts about binge-watching and reading. You can see what side of that argument she takes.