Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch, an American comedy actress and TV host is best known for her time as hostess of Dinner and a Movie. She has also been active in promoting human rights and environmental issues. Annabelle Gurwitch, a New York Times best-selling author and highly acclaimed actress, is the best-selling New York Times Author of her memoirs Wherever You Are There They are I See That You Did An Effort Say Tomato You Say Fired I Say Shut up and fired. It was also a Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch is a regular host on TBS Dinner & a Movie. Her most memorable TV shows comprise Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown in addition to as her hosting of WA$TED, an environmental show on The Planet Green Network. Her appearances are regularly in PBS Newhour Real Time with Bill Maher and on NPR as well as penning op-eds for New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter as well as satire for The New Yorker and McSweeeneys. The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times have ranked her among their annual Top Ten shows of the year in her performance on stage. Annabelle offers wisdom as well as a humorous account of aging in our culture of youth. This material has been performed in theatre festivals across the globe, including for instance, the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP Women's Nights and Conventions for Women's Clubs across the nation. Annabelle discusses the insanity and significance of family, the families we're born into as well as the tribes we decide to join. She is a speaker for all ages at venues like The Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GoogleTalks, the Skirball for the Arts the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch talks about how writing memoir can help us uncover, reclaim and gain meaning in the past. The book also offers the direction we need for our lives. Talks, lectures, and performances are included. George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literary events and performance arts centers. View the segment on her PBS News Hour IMHO about reading versus binge viewing, and you'll be able guess where she stands.