Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch has been a television and film hostess from the time of Dinner and a Movie, and is also an activist on secular and environmental questions. Annabelle Gurwitch, a New York Times Best-Seller author as well as a critically acclaimed actress is the best-selling New York Times Author of her memoirs Wherever You Are There They are I See You Made An Effort I say Tomato When you say Fired, I Speak Shut Up And fired. The book was also featured on a 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 like Better Things Boston Legal Seinfeld Dexter Murphy Brown as well as the sustainability program WA$TED which was telecast through The Planet Green Network. Her appearances are regularly featured in PBS Newhour Real Time Bill Maher as well as on NPR. She also contributes Op-eds to the New York Times WSJ The Hollywood Reporter. As an actress the stage, her performance has made her one of the critics of the 'Top Ten performances on the pages of The New York Times as and the Los Angeles Times. Annabelle's wisdom, and hilarious perspective on aging in our youth-obsessed culture is shared. This material has been performed at theatre festivals all over the world, for instance, the The 92nd St Y Prevention Magazine AARP Conventions and Ladies Nights for Women's Groups nationwide. Annabelle discusses the value and absurdity of families, including those which we were raised in as well as those that we have joined. She speaks to all ages at venues such as the Now Generation Women's Philanthropy of Phoenix The Skirball on GOOGLETalks is a popular platform for the Arts the Rancho Mirage Writers Conference. Gurwitch uses memoirs as a way to redeem the meaning of the past, and to set our sights on the future. The lectures include her participation in the George Washington University Watermark Conference for Women Literary Fests and the performing arts centers. If you want to know what she thinks, listen to the PBS News Hour. She will give an IMHO view of watching films versus reading.