Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American author comedic actress television host most recognizable from her role as hostess of Dinner and a Movie on TBS and activist associated with the environment and secular humanism. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actress and New York Times Bestseller Author. She penned her memoirs You Said Tomato But I Said Shut Up! that was as well an Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was the longest-running host on TBS's Dinner & a Movie and TV viewers will remember her unforgettable appearances on programs including Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown and as hosts of the series on sustainability WA$TED on The Planet Green Network. Her appearances are regularly on PBS Newhour Real Time, on NPR and in the Hollywood Reporter. Alongside writing op eds she also produces satires, which are published in The New Yorker WSJ The Hollywood Reporter. The New York Times has acknowledged her as a stage actress and included it as part of its annual list critics' Top Ten Actors. Annabelle is a wise lady who imparts her knowledge regarding aging, and also how to be funny in an age-defying society. She's performed her acclaimed material at theater festivals around the world as well as in the annual 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP events and in women's groups throughout the country. Annabelle discusses the insanity and importance of family, the families we are born into, as well as our tribes which we choose to belong to. Her talks for audience members of all ages comprise locations like the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GOOGLE Talks at the Skirball Center for the Arts and the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch talks about the value of writing memoirs in order to find what we can learn from our experiences and guide our futures. Lectures, talks, and performances are offered. These include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literary festivals and performing artists centers. You can watch her PBS News Hour opinion piece about reading or binge-watching. You can guess which side she's on.