Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch was an American actress, comedian and TV host. She is most well-known for her character as hostess in Dinner and a Movie (TBS) as well as an environmentalist who is who was a part of secular humanism as well as environmental concerns. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actress and New York Times Bestseller Author. Her memoirs were published. You Didn't Say Tomato but I said Shut Up! Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was a long-time host of TBS's Dinner & a Movie and TV viewers will remember her unforgettable appearances on shows such as Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as the host of the sustainable series WA$TED which airs on The Planet Green Network. She is a regular in PBS Newhour Real Time With Bill Maher, NPR and composes satirical and op-ed pieces for the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter as well as op eds and satires for The New Yorker. The New York Times, and also the Los Angeles Times have ranked her among their top Ten performances of the year for her work on stage. Annabelle shares wisdom and her laugh out loud account of aging in our youth obsessed culture. She has performed this acclaimed piece at various theater festivals across the globe, as well as at the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP events and nights with ladies for women's groups nationwide. Annabelle speaks to the audience about families and their importance. The tribes that our children grow up, and the ones we choose to be. She's spoken to crowds all ages at events like the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix, GOOGLE talks, The Skirball Centre for the Arts, and the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch discusses the potential memoir has to redeem our past, reclaim its meaning and give us direction in our future. The lectures include those at the George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women Literary Festivals as well as performance art centers. On PBS News Hour, she offers her perspective about binge-watching and reading. The viewer can discern which her side of the argument chooses to take.