Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch, an American comedy actress and TV host is most well-known for her role as the hostess on Dinner and a Movie. She has also been active in promoting environmental issues and 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! This was also the Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was a long-time host on the TBS show Dinner & a Movie and TV viewers will remember her unforgettable appearances on programs including Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as hosting the sustainability series WA$TED, which aired on The Planet Green Network. She makes regular appearances on PBS Newhour Real Time with Bill Maher and on NPR as well as penning op-eds for New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter and satire for The New Yorker and McSweeeneys. The New York Times has praised her for being a stage actor, and has included it in its annual list of the critics' Top Ten Actors. Annabelle is a wise woman who imparts her knowledge regarding aging, and also how to laugh at it in our youth-driven society. This material has been performed at theater festivals around all over the world. It includes the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP Women's Nights and Conventions for Women's Groups nationwide. Annabelle talks to audiences about families and their importance. The tribes in which our children grow up, and the one we select to fit. Talks for audience members of all ages comprise locations like the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GOOGLE Talks, The Skirball Center for the Arts and the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch discusses the power of memoir to restore meaning and value to our past and provide the direction we need for the future. Lectures, talks, and performances include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literature fests and performing artists centers. On PBS News Hour, she gives her opinion of binge-watching or reading. You can see what side of that argument she chooses to take.