Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American comedian, author and television host best known for her time as hostess for Dinner and a Movie on TBS and activist associated with religious humanism and environmental concerns. Annabelle Gurwitch is a critically well-known actress as well as New York Times Bestselling Author of the memoirs Wherever You Go There They're There I see you made an effort to say Tomato I'm Saying Shut Up and Fired! It was also a Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was the longest-running host on TBS's Dinner & a Movie and television viewers remember her memorable appearances on programs including Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as the host of the series on sustainability WA$TED, which aired on The Planet Green Network. She makes regular appearances for PBS Newhour Real Time with Bill Maher and on NPR in addition to writing Op-eds in the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter as well as satire for The New Yorker and McSweeeneys. The work she does as an actor on stage has earned her a spot in the annual list of critics' Best Ten Performances of the Year in the both The New York and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle is a wise lady who shares her insights about aging and ways to smile at the aging process in our youth-driven society. She has performed this acclaimed piece at various theater festivals across the world as well as at the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP conventions and ladies nights for women's clubs across the country. Annabelle speaks about the importance and sanity of families, those we're born into, and the tribes we decide to be part of. She's spoken to crowds of every age at 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 value in using memoirs to discover what we can learn from our experiences and to guide us into our futures. Professor Gurwitch has presented talks and lecture in The George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women and the centers for performing arts as well as literary festivals. If you're interested in what she thinks, watch the PBS News Hour. She gives an opinion about watching movies and reading.