Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American comedian, author and television host who is most well-known for her time as hostess for Dinner and a Movie on TBS and activist in religious humanism and environmental concerns. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actor, as well as a New York Times Bestseller Author. She penned her memoirs You Didn't Say Tomato but I said Shut Up! The comedy show on TBS was also produced by Annabelle Gurwitch. Gurwitch, a former host of TBS Dinner & a Movie is remembered by television audiences for memorable performances in Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown. Additionally she was the host of the show on sustainability, WA$TED, at The Planet Green Network. She is a regular guest in PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher on NPR. She also contributes op eds to The New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter. The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times have ranked her in their annual Top Ten performance of the year in her performance on stage. Annabelle's wisdom and witty story of aging in our youth-obsessed culture is widely shared. Her material that she's been performing has been praised and is performed in many theater festivals, AARP conferences, the 92nd St. Y. Prevention Magazines as well as evenings for ladies with groups of women across the nation. Annabelle talks about the importance and absurdity of our families, including those that we were born into and the ones we join. Annabelle's talks for all audiences include: the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GoogleTalks, the Skirball center for the Arts, the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch employs memoirs to bring meaning back to the past, and to set us on a path for the future. Literature festivals and performing arts center include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women. In the PBS News Hour, she offers her perspective about binge-watching and reading. It is possible to see which her side of the argument chooses to take.