Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch has been a hostess of film and television from the time of Dinner and a Movie, she is also an advocate for secular and environmental questions. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actress and New York Times Bestseller Author. She penned her memoirs You Didn't Say Tomato but I said Shut Up! It was also featured in an episode of a Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was the host of Dinner & a Movie on TBS for a number of years. TV viewers may be familiar with her appearances on programs such as Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as the program on sustainability WA$TED that was broadcast on The Planet Green Network. Her regular TV appearances comprise PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher and NPR. In addition, she composes op-eds that can be found in New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter and satires in The New Yorker & McSweeneys. The New York Times has acknowledged her as a stage actress and included it in its annual list of the critics' Top Ten Actors. Annabelle gives a funny and insightful account of growing older in today's youth-oriented culture. She's performed her acclaimed material in theater festivals worldwide, during the annual 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP conferences and women groups across the nation. Annabelle talks about the significance and sanity of families, those we're born into and the tribes we decide to be part of. For audiences of any age, Annabelle has given talks in The Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GoogleTalks' Skirball Center for the Arts The Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch talks about the power memoir has to redeem the past, find its meaning and give us an orientation for the future. Talks, lectures, and performances are offered. These include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literary events and performing artists centers. On PBS News Hour, she shares her thoughts about binge-watching and reading. It is possible to see which the other side she is on.