Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch has been a television and film hostess for the past ten years. She has hosted Dinner and a Movie, and is also an activist on secular and environmental questions. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actress, and New York Times Bestseller Author. She wrote the memoirs You said Tomato but I said Shut Up! The book was also featured on the Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was the long time host of TBS's Dinner & a Movie and television viewers remember her memorable appearances on programs including Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown and also as the host of the sustainable 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 in the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter and satire for The New Yorker and McSweeeneys. Her work as an actress on stage has secured her inclusion in the annual critics Top Ten Best Performances of the Year for both The New York and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle offers her humorous and insightful account of getting older in the current youth-focused 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 and ladies nights for women's clubs across the country. Annabelle is going to talk about the fact that families matter and how crazy. They will discuss families and tribes you were born into and choose. For audiences of any age Annabelle has spoken in The Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GoogleTalks' Skirball Center for the Arts The Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch speaks about the importance in using memoirs to discover what we can learn from our experiences and help us navigate our way into the future. Professor Gurwitch has given talks and lecture in the George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women as well as centers for performing arts as well as literary festivals. In the PBS News Hour, she shares her thoughts about binge-watching and reading. The viewer can discern which her side of the argument takes.