Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American comedian, author and television host most recognizable from her time as hostess for Dinner and a Movie on TBS and activist associated with the environment and secular humanism. Annabelle Gurwitch, a New York Times Best-Seller author as well as a an internationally acclaimed actor, was the New York Times's Bestselling Author of her memoirs Wherever You Are There Then I'm Sure That You Did An Effort say Tomato You say I'm fired, and you Speak Shut Up And Fired. that was as well an Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was the host of Dinner & a Movie on TBS for a number of years. Television viewers will be familiar with her appearances on programs like Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown, and the program on sustainability WA$TED that was broadcast through The Planet Green Network. She has been a frequent guest presenter on PBS Newhour Real Time With Bill Maher, NPR and writes op-eds and satires for the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter as well as the satires and opinion pieces for The New Yorker. As an actress, her performances onstage have earned her a place among the critics' Top Ten Performances for the year in The New York Times as well as the Los Angeles Times. Annabelle gives a funny and insightful account of getting older in the current youth-focused society. Annabelle has performed her highly acclaimed work at theater festivals around the world and at the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP events and in women's groups throughout the United States. Annabelle discusses the value as well as the absurdity of our family members, both those that we were born into and those we joined. She has spoken to people of everyone of any age at events like the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GOOGLETalks the Skirball for the Arts the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch discusses the potential memoir has to redeem the past, restore its meaning and give us an orientation for the future. Talks, lectures, and performances include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literature fests and performance arts centers. On the PBS News Hour, she gives her opinion of binge-watching or reading. It is possible to see which side of that argument she chooses to take.