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 advocate for secular and environmental questions. Annabelle Gurwitch is a critically acclaimed actress and New York Times Bestselling Author of her memoirs, Wherever You Go There They're There I see you made an Effort You Say Tomato I Say Shut Up and Get Fired! It was also a Showtime Comedy Special. Gurwitch was the host of Dinner & a Movie on TBS for many years. Television viewers are likely to be familiar with her appearances on programs like Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown, and the sustainability program WA$TED which was broadcast on The Planet Green Network. She has regular appearances in PBS Newhour Real Time, on NPR and in The Hollywood Reporter. Apart from writing op eds she also produces satires, which are published in The New Yorker WSJ The Hollywood Reporter. Her work as an actress on stage has secured her place in the annual list of critics' top Ten Best Performances of the Year for the both The New York and Los Angeles Times. Annabelle offers her humorous and insightful account of the challenges of aging in our modern-day youth-focused society. The work she's doing is well-known and has been presented at numerous theater events, AARP conventions and the 92nd St. Y. Prevention Magazines, as well as women's night out for female groups across the United States. Annabelle talks about the significance and insanity of family members, both the ones we're born into and those we choose to be part of. Annabelle's talks for all audiences comprise: the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix GOOGLETalks, the Skirball center for the Arts, the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch talks about how memoir can redeem and reclaim meaning in the past, and to provide directions for our futures. Lectures and talks are offered. George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women literary festivals as well as performing arts centers. Watch her PBS News Hour opinion piece on books to read or binge watching. Find out which side she's on.