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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
TCW GALILEO FUNDS, INC.
Dated: March 1, 2000
Under the section titled "TCW Galileo High Yield Bond Fund" on page 15 Mark
L. Attanasio is deleted and James M. Hassett added as a portfolio manager.
Under the subsection titled "Portfolio Managers" on page 34 the following
individual is added:
James M. Hassett Senior Vice President, the
Adviser, TCW Asset
Management Company and
Trust Company of the West
since April 1995. Previously he
was a Research Analyst for
Crescent Capital Corporation.
July 20, 2000 Fixed Income - I Class