Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American author comedic actress television host who is most well-known for her role as hostess of Dinner and a Movie on TBS and activist in environmental issues and secular humanism. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actor, as well as a New York Times Bestseller Author. Her memoirs were published. You Said Tomato but I said Shut Up! The book was also featured on a Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch hosts Dinner & a Movie on TBS throughout the years. TV viewers may 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 telecast by The Planet Green Network. Her appearances are regularly featured as a guest on PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher and on NPR. She also contributes editorials for The New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter. Acting on stage has secured her inclusion in the annual critics Best Ten Best Performances of the Year for the both The New York and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle provides a humorous and insightful perspective on getting older in the current youth-focused world. She has spoken about this subject in front of audiences across the globe such as the audience at the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine, the AARP, and women's nights. Annabelle speaks to the audience about families and the significance they play in. The tribes in which we are raised and one we select to be. She's spoken to crowds of every age at the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix, GOOGLE talks, The Skirball Center for the Arts, and the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch speaks on the power of memoir in helping bring meaning back to our past and provide the direction we need for the future. Literary festivals and the performing arts center include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women. On the PBS News Hour, she shares her thoughts of binge-watching or reading. The viewer can discern which the other side she chooses to take.