Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch was an American actor, comedian, and television host. Her most famous work is her character as hostess on Dinner and a Movie (TBS) and as an environmentalist known for her secular humanism and environmental issues. Annabelle Gurwitch is a critically popular actress and New York Times Bestselling Author of her memoirs, Everywhere You Go They're Here I See You Made an Effort You Say Tomato I'm Saying Shut Up And Fired! Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch is best known for her lengthy stint as host of TBS Dinner & a Movie. In addition, she has appeared in shows like Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown. She appears regularly as a guest on PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher and on NPR. She also contributes op eds to The New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter. Acting on stage has secured her inclusion in the annual list of critics' top Ten performances of the year for each of The New York and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle is a wise woman who shares her wisdom on aging and how to be funny in a youth-obsessed society. Annabelle has performed her highly acclaimed work in theater festivals worldwide as well as in the 1992 St Y Prevention Magazine AARP events and in women's groups throughout the country. Annabelle addresses audiences on families and the significance they play in. The tribes in which we are raised and ones we choose to fit. She has spoken to audiences 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 power memoir has to redeem the past, find its purpose and offer an orientation for the future. The lectures include those at the George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women Literary Festivals as well as the performing arts centers. If you're interested in her thoughts, you can go to PBS News Hour. She will give an IMHO view of watching films versus reading.