Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch has been a television and film hostess from the time of Dinner and a Movie, as well as an active activist on secular and environmental issues. Annabelle Gurwitch, a New York Times best-selling author and critically acclaimed actress is The New York Times's Top-Seller author of her memoirs: Whatever You're Doing, They Are I See That You Did An Effort Say Tomato You Say Fired I Say Shut up and was fired. that was as well an Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was the host of Dinner & a Movie on TBS for a number of years. Television viewers are likely to be able to recall her appearances on shows such as Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as the program on sustainability WA$TED that was shown on The Planet Green Network. Her regular TV appearances are on PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher as well as NPR. Additionally, she has written op eds, which can be found in New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter satires as well for The New Yorker & McSweeneys. The New York Times has acknowledged her as a stage actor, and has included it as part of its annual list critics' Top Ten Performances. Annabelle offers wisdom as well as a humorous account of aging within our teen-centric society. Her acclaimed performance material has been performed at theater festivals around the world as well as during the annual 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP gatherings and groups of women across the country. Annabelle discusses the value as well as the absurdity of our families, both the ones which we were raised in as well as those that we have joined. To audiences of any age Annabelle has spoken at her Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GOOGLETalks The SkirballCenter for the Arts The Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch speaks on how memoir can restore meaning and value to the past, and to provide direction for our futures. Festivals of literature and the performing arts center include George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women. If you want to know what she thinks, go to PBS News Hour. She offers an IMHO perspective on watching movies versus reading.