Rusty Schwimmer

Rusty Schwimmer

Known for
Acting
Born
August 25, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

An American film and television actress and singer. Her most prominent role so far is that of Barbara Ludzinski on The Guardian. Among her movie appearances are those as Joey B in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Mrs. Thornton in Twister, Mrs Pendleton in Amistad, Alice in EDtv, Irene "Big Red" Johnson in The Perfect Storm, Big Betty in North Country and Amelia Minchin in A Little Princess. Schwimmer has also appeared in minor roles in several television series, including episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, In the Heat of the Night, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Tales from the Crypt, Married... With Children, ER, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal, Judging Amy, The X-Files, Gilmore Girls, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Shark, Criminal Minds, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, Six Feet Under and others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Schwimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Filmography

2026
You Can't Win poster

You Can't Win

Movie · as Salt Chunk Mary

2025
Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday poster

Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday

Movie · as Self

2025
The Last Frontier poster

The Last Frontier

TV · as Katherine Van Horn · 2 eps

2025
The Pitt poster

The Pitt

TV · as Monica Peters · 6 eps

2023
Penitentia poster

Penitentia

Movie · as Shelly Wolf

2022
North of the 10 poster

North of the 10

Movie · as Jackie

2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special poster

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Movie · as Sara

2021
The Black Disquisition poster

The Black Disquisition

Movie · as Employee

2021
Rushed poster

Rushed

Movie · as Joan

2020
Killing Eleanor poster

Killing Eleanor

Movie · as Pam

2020
Keep It Quiet poster

Keep It Quiet

Movie · as Corey

2019
The Short History of the Long Road poster

The Short History of the Long Road

Movie · as Marcie

2019
The Righteous Gemstones poster

The Righteous Gemstones

TV · as Sheriff Brenda · 4 eps

2018
30 Miles from Nowhere poster

30 Miles from Nowhere

Movie · as Officer Marsh

2018
Melvin Smarty poster

Melvin Smarty

Movie · as Margie

2018
9-1-1 poster

9-1-1

TV · as Edna · 1 ep

2017
American Fable poster

American Fable

Movie · as Ethel

2017
The Belko Experiment poster

The Belko Experiment

Movie · as Peggy Displasia

2017
Wild Honey poster

Wild Honey

Movie · as Gabby

2016
Blood Stripe poster

Blood Stripe

Movie · as Dot

2016
Lucifer poster

Lucifer

TV · as Roberta Beliard · 1 ep

2015
The Life and Death of an Unhappily Married Man poster

The Life and Death of an Unhappily Married Man

Movie

2015
Chicago Med poster

Chicago Med

TV · as Celeste Belkin · 1 ep

2015
Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul

TV · as Legal Aid Employee · 1 ep

2014
Perfect Sisters poster

Perfect Sisters

Movie · as Aunt Martha

2014
Wildlife poster

Wildlife

Movie · as Vernita Christiansen

2013
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th poster

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Movie · as Self

2012
Scrooge & Marley poster

Scrooge & Marley

Movie · as Freda

2012
The Sessions poster

The Sessions

Movie · as Joan

2012
Hava Nagila: The Movie poster

Hava Nagila: The Movie

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2012
Georgia

Georgia

TV · as Sunshine · 1 ep

2012
Longmire poster

Longmire

TV · as Darla Lamebull · 1 ep

2010
Louie poster

Louie

TV · as Gretchen · 1 ep

2009
The Informant! poster

The Informant!

Movie · as Liz Taylor

2009
Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva

TV · as Sandra · 1 ep

2008
Pants on Fire poster

Pants on Fire

Movie · as Peggy

2008
The Secret Life of the American Teenager poster

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

TV · 1 ep

2007
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party

Movie · as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

2007
The Hawk Is Dying poster

The Hawk Is Dying

Movie · as Precious

2007
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever poster

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever

Movie · as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

2007
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures poster

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures

Movie · as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Ashley Minahan · 1 ep

2006
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes poster

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes

Movie · as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

2006
Beautiful Dreamer poster

Beautiful Dreamer

Movie · as Jeannie

2006
Shark poster

Shark

TV · as Wendy Dunmiller · 1 ep

2006
Heroes poster

Heroes

TV · as Dale Smither · 1 ep

2006
Broken Trail poster

Broken Trail

TV · as Big Rump Kate · 2 eps

2006
Holly Hobbie & Friends poster

Holly Hobbie & Friends

TV · as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice) · 6 eps

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2005
Mozart and the Whale poster

Mozart and the Whale

Movie · as Gracie

2005
North Country poster

North Country

Movie · as Big Betty

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Mama Squirrel (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Lila May · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Patricia Phillips · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Erica Turner · 1 ep

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Deanne Drake · 1 ep

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Toni · 1 ep

2004
LAX poster

LAX

TV · as Pam · 1 ep

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Helen Binder · 1 ep

2003
Runaway Jury poster

Runaway Jury

Movie · as Millie Dupree

2003
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman poster

Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman

Movie · as Ronette

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Sharon Zenowich · 1 ep

2001
John John in the Sky poster

John John in the Sky

Movie · as Zeola

2001
The Princess and the Pea poster

The Princess and the Pea

Movie · as Mama Pat

2001
Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under

TV · as Marilyn Johnson · 1 ep

2001
The Guardian poster

The Guardian

TV · as Barbara Ludzinski · 9 eps

2000
The Perfect Storm poster

The Perfect Storm

Movie · as Irene "Big Red" Johnson

2000
Boston Public poster

Boston Public

TV · as Billy's Mom · 1 ep

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Lorna Tenney · 1 ep

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Bruce · 2 eps

1999
EDtv poster

EDtv

Movie · as Alice

1999
Providence poster

Providence

TV · as Ms. Polly Maravich · 1 ep

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Alice Benedict · 1 ep

1999
Ladies Man poster

Ladies Man

TV · as Mel · 5 eps

1998
The Thin Pink Line poster

The Thin Pink Line

Movie · as Nora Finkelheimer

1998
Almost Heroes poster

Almost Heroes

Movie · as Execution Witness

1998
Oh Baby poster

Oh Baby

TV · 1 ep

1997
Amistad poster

Amistad

Movie · as Mrs. Pendleton

1997
Heartless poster

Heartless

Movie · as Connie

1997
Prison of Secrets poster

Prison of Secrets

Movie · as Carla

1997
Los Locos poster

Los Locos

Movie · as Sister Drexel

1997
North Shore Fish poster

North Shore Fish

Movie · as Josie

1997
Gridlock'd poster

Gridlock'd

Movie · as Nurse

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Angela Tharpe · 1 ep

1997
Between Brothers poster

Between Brothers

TV · as Emma Sweet · 1 ep

1996
If These Walls Could Talk poster

If These Walls Could Talk

Movie · as Prayer Group

1996
The Man Who Captured Eichmann poster

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

Movie · as Rosa

1996
Twister poster

Twister

Movie · as Mother

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Kate Meredith, Inkeeper · 1 ep

1996
The Louie Show poster

The Louie Show

TV · as Nurse · 1 ep

1995
A Little Princess poster

A Little Princess

Movie · as Amelia Minchin

1995
Down, Out and Dangerous poster

Down, Out and Dangerous

Movie · as Bartender

1995
Lone Justice 2 poster

Lone Justice 2

Movie · as Emma

1994
The Crazysitter poster

The Crazysitter

Movie · as German Nanny

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Veronica Sarison · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Grollman · 1 ep

1993
Darkness Before Dawn poster

Darkness Before Dawn

Movie · as Evelyn

1993
Reckless Kelly poster

Reckless Kelly

Movie · as Entertainment Reporter

1993
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday poster

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Movie · as Joey B.

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Driver · 1 ep

1993
Ned Blessing poster

Ned Blessing

TV · 4 eps

1992
Candyman poster

Candyman

Movie · as Policewoman

1992
Getting Up and Going Home poster

Getting Up and Going Home

Movie · as Julia Stevenson

1992
Sleepwalkers poster

Sleepwalkers

Movie · as Housewife

1992
T Bone N Weasel poster

T Bone N Weasel

Movie · as Verna Mae

1992
Stand By Your Man poster

Stand By Your Man

TV · as Gloria · 7 eps

1991
Highlander II: The Quickening poster

Highlander II: The Quickening

Movie · as Drunk

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as Big Bertha · 1 ep

1989
Angels of the City poster

Angels of the City

Movie · as Bookworm

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Carla · 1 ep

1989
Life Goes On poster

Life Goes On

TV · 1 ep

1988
Addicted to His Love poster

Addicted to His Love

Movie · as Woman at Video Dating Service

1988
The Dirk Diggler Story poster

The Dirk Diggler Story

Movie · as Candy Kane

1988
Memories of Me poster

Memories of Me

Movie · as Strawberry

1987
Married... with Children poster

Married... with Children

TV · as Babs · 1 ep