Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch, an American comedian and host of a television show, is best known for her tenure as hostess on Dinner and a Movie. In addition, she has been a vocal advocate on human rights and environmental issues. Annabelle Gurwitch has been a highly regarded actress for many years. She is also the an author who has been a bestseller of her book Wherever you go there they're there, I can tell you've put in an effort You say tomato I'm saying shut up and get fired! It was also featured in an episode of a Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch hosts Dinner & a Movie on TBS for a number of years. Television viewers will be familiar with her appearances on programs such as Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as the sustainability program WA$TED which was telecast on The Planet Green Network. She has been a frequent guest in PBS Newhour Real Time With Bill Maher, NPR and write satires and op-eds for The New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter in addition to Op-eds and satires to The New Yorker. The New York Times has acknowledged her as a stage actor and has included her in its annual list of reviewers' top Ten Performances. Annabelle offers her humorous and insightful perspective on the challenges of aging in our modern-day youth-focused society. She's performed her acclaimed material in theater festivals worldwide as well as at the 1992 St Y Prevention Magazine AARP conferences and women groups across the United States. Annabelle speaks about the significance and absurdity of families, both the ones that we were born into and the ones we join. She has spoken to audiences from all age groups at Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix, GOOGLE talks, the Skirball Centre for the Arts, and the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch speaks on the power of memoir to restore meaning and value to our past and provide the direction we need for the future. Festivals of literature and the performing arts centers include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women. On PBS News Hour, she shares her thoughts on binge-watching versus reading. The viewer can discern which her side of the argument takes.