Gina Hecht

Gina Hecht (born 6 December 1953) is an American actress.

She played Mrs. Tucci, the mother of Tony Tucci, on Showtime's series DEXTER.

Appearances
Season One:
 * "Let's Give the Boy a Hand"

Career
Films

Her credits for movie include roles in Night Shift (1982); St. Elmo's Fire (1985); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Unfinished Business (1987); Family Prayers (1993); One Night Stand (1995); EDtv (1999); Odessa or Bust (2001 Short); Clockstoppers (2002); Seven Pounds (2008); The Last Word (2008); Ladies on Sweet Street (1990); Fight Your Way Out (2017); Can I Play? (1998 Short); The Broadroom (2008); JoAnne (2012); Plan B (2012 Short); The Big Bad City (2012); and Tio Papi (2013). 

TV Movies

Her TV movie credits include roles in Rockhopper (1985 TV movie); Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992 TV movie); Without Warning (1994 TV movie); Pizza My Heart (2005 TV movie); A Stranger’s Heart (2007 TV movie, uncredited); and A Lesson in Romance (2014 TV movie).

Television

Her TV credits include appearances on The Love Boat; ''Trapper John. M.D.; Mork & Mindy; Hizzonner; Everything's Relative; HeartBeat; Baywatch; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Seinfeld; Without Warning; Friends; Desperate Housewives; Glee; The Middle; Hollywood Beat;St. Elsewhere; Down and Out in Beverly Hills; Rags to Riches; L.A. Law; Life Goes On; Dream On; Phenom; Blossom; Diagnosis Murder; Alright Already; ER; Any Day Now; The District; Judging Amy; Strong Medicine; JAG; The Huntress; Providence; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; The West Wing; The Agency; Boomtown; Everwood; What About Brian; Medium; Getting Away with Murder (2007); Hung; FlashForward; Numb3rs; Annie Sunbeam and Friends; Bones; and Castle''.

Personal Life
She was born in Houston, Texas. At the age of ten, she decided to be an actress. She graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. Hecht has a sister, Esther, and a brother, Harold. She has been married to Brian Herskowitz since 1988.

Trivia

 * Most sites list Hecht's birthplace as Houston, Texas, while a few others sites list it as Winter Park, Florida.
 * She plays poker, and was one of ten celebrities to win $1000 for her charity in the 2008 WPT Celebrity Invitational at the Commerce Casino.