- Annabelle Gurwitch
Annabelle Gurwitch (Born
November 4 ,1961 inMobile, Alabama ) is an American comedicactress best known for being the original hostess of TBS's "Dinner and a Movie ". She also played an anchorwoman of "Not Necessarily the News" alongside Tom Parks.Biography
Gurwitch grew up in
Florida graduating fromMiami Beach High School in 1980. While there, she took acting classes with famed South Florida drama teacherJay W. Jensen . After high school, she enrolled atNew York University .Career
Gurwitch is currently a contributing writer for NPR's "
Day to Day ", "Los Angeles Times Magazine" and the website Freshyarn.com. In the past, she has written for "Child", "Glamour", "Cooking Light", "Premiere" and "Los Angeles Magazine". She wrote an article entitled "Getting in Touch With Your Inner Bimbo" in "Los Angeles Magazine".Gurwitch once worked for
Woody Allen , but was fired during an encounter in which he informed her that she looked "retarded" among other insults. She recently published a book of essays inspired by that dismissal, called "Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed". [Gurwitch, Annabelle. "Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed."Touchstone; 2006. ISBN 978-0743289856.] She has also staged a number of live performances based on the "Fired!" theme, and in 2007 completed a documentary film on the subject.A 2007 documentary film by Annabelle Gurwitch, imdb title|id=0816238|title=Fired!]Television projects
"Dinner and a Movie"
In 1996, TBS premiered a new show called "
Dinner and a Movie ." Gurwitch andPaul Gilmartin were signed by TBS executives to be the hostess and host of the new cooking and entertainment show.Claud Mann was hired to be thechef of the series and prepare various themed dinner dishes. For six years, Gurwitch served as host, until she left the show in 2002.As of 2007, Gurwitch has appeared in thirty-six television programs as an actress, and she has appeared in nine as herself.imdb name|name=Annabelle Gurwitch|id=0348800]
Film projects
In 2007, Gurwitch wrote, produced, directed, and appeared in the documentary film "Fired!"A 2007 documentary film by Annabelle Gurwitch, imdb title|id=0816238|title=Fired!] This film documents the experiences of twenty-five persons, including Gurwitch, who got fired from various jobs. The fired ones recount their firings in the forms of: interviews with Gurwitch, staged skits, stand up comedy routines, and filmed excerpts from the stage play of the same title Gurwitch previously produced.
As of 2007, Gurwitch has appeared in thirty movies, written four, and produced one.imdb name|name=Annabelle Gurwitch|id=0348800]
References
External links
*imdb name|name=Annabelle Gurwitch|id=0348800
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/annabelle_gurwitch/ Annabelle Gurwitch] atRotten Tomatoes
* [http://www.tbs.com/movies/dinnerandamovie/ "Dinner and a Movie" website on tbs.com]
* [http://tsoya.blogspot.com/2006/05/podcast-career-killers.html Extensive interview with Gurwitch] about her book "Fired" on public radio show / podcastThe Sound of Young America
* [http://www.hobotrashcan.com/interviews/annabellegurwitch.php HoboTrashcan.com] interview with Annabelle Gurwitch
*imdb title|id=0816238|title=Fired!
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