Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch has been a television and film hostess for the past ten years. She has hosted Dinner and a Movie, as well as an active activist on secular and environmental concerns. Annabelle Gurwitch was a critically-acclaimed actor, as well as a New York Times Bestseller Author. She penned her memoirs You said Tomato But I Said Shut Up! The book was also featured on a Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch is a regular host of TBS Dinner & a Movie. Her most memorable TV appearances 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 for PBS Newhour Real Time with Bill Maher and on NPR in addition to writing Op-eds in the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter and satire for The New Yorker and McSweeeneys. As an actress performing on stage, her work has been recognized as among the critics of the 'Top Ten Performances in The New York Times as and the Los Angeles Times. Annabelle's wisdom, and hilarious story of aging in a culture that is obsessed with youth, are shared. This material has been performed in theatre festivals across the globe, including the 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP conventions as well as Ladies Nights held by Women's Groups nationwide. Annabelle will speak about how families are important and crazy. The talk will focus on tribes and families that you were born in and pick. Annabelle's talks for all audiences are: Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GOOGLETalks, the Skirball Center for the Arts, the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch talks about the power of memoir to bring meaning back to our history and offer direction for our futures. Lectures include the George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women Literary Festivals as well as the performing arts centers. Watch her PBS News Hour opinion piece on books to read or binge-watching. Guess what side she's on.