Rusty Schwimmer

Actor Aug 25 (age 63) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1987–2025 (38 year career)

6.5 avg rating

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 Park…

Known For

Film

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Sara

Film

Twister

Mother

Film

A Little Princess

Amelia Minchin

Film

The Perfect Storm

Irene "Big Red" Johnson

Film

Amistad

Mrs. Pendleton

Film

Runaway Jury

Millie Dupree

Film

Candyman

Policewoman

Film

North Country

Big Betty

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (64)

Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday

2025

as Self

Penitentia

2023

as Shelly Wolf

6.0

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

as Sara

North of the 10

as Jackie

Rushed

as Joan

The Black Disquisition

2021

as Employee

Keep It Quiet

as Corey

Killing Eleanor

as Pam

The Short History of the Long Road

2019

as Marcie

7.0

30 Miles from Nowhere

as Officer Marsh

Melvin Smarty

as Margie

Wild Honey

as Gabby

American Fable

as Ethel

The Belko Experiment

as Peggy Displasia

Blood Stripe

as Dot

The Life and Death of an Unhappily Married Man

Perfect Sisters

as Aunt Martha

Wildlife

as Vernita Christiansen

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

as Self

The Sessions

as Joan

Scrooge & Marley

as Freda

Hava Nagila: The Movie

as Narrator (voice)

The Informant!

as Liz Taylor

Pants on Fire

as Peggy

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures

2007

as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

5.5

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever

2007

as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

10.0

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party

2007

as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

The Hawk Is Dying

2007

as Precious

4.6

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes

2006

as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

Beautiful Dreamer

as Jeannie

North Country

as Big Betty

Mozart and the Whale

as Gracie

Runaway Jury

as Millie Dupree

Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman

as Ronette

John John in the Sky

as Zeola

The Princess and the Pea

2001

as Mama Pat

The Perfect Storm

2000

as Irene "Big Red" Johnson

EDtv

as Alice

Almost Heroes

as Execution Witness

The Thin Pink Line

as Nora Finkelheimer

Los Locos

as Sister Drexel

Prison of Secrets

as Carla

Amistad

as Mrs. Pendleton

Gridlock'd

as Nurse

Heartless

as Connie

North Shore Fish

as Josie

Twister

1996

as Mother

6.5

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

1996

as Rosa

5.9

If These Walls Could Talk

as Prayer Group

A Little Princess

as Amelia Minchin

Lone Justice 2

as Emma

Down, Out and Dangerous

as Bartender

The Crazysitter

as German Nanny

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

1993

as Joey B.

4.6

Reckless Kelly

1993

as Entertainment Reporter

4.4

Darkness Before Dawn

1993

as Evelyn

8.0

Getting Up and Going Home

1992

as Julia Stevenson

Candyman

as Policewoman

Sleepwalkers

as Housewife

T Bone N Weasel

as Verna Mae

Highlander II: The Quickening

as Drunk

Angels of the City

as Bookworm

Addicted to His Love

as Woman at Video Dating Service

6.0

The Dirk Diggler Story

1988

as Candy Kane

5.1

Television (49)

The Pitt

2025

as Monica Peters

8.7

The Last Frontier

2025

as Katherine Van Horn

7.2

The Righteous Gemstones

as Sheriff Brenda

9-1-1

as Edna

Lucifer

as Roberta Beliard

Chicago Med

as Celeste Belkin

Better Call Saul

as Legal Aid Employee

Longmire

as Darla Lamebull

Georgia

as Sunshine

Louie

as Gretchen

Drop Dead Diva

as Sandra

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

Private Practice

as Ashley Minahan

Heroes

as Dale Smither

Shark

as Wendy Dunmiller

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

Broken Trail

as Big Rump Kate

Holly Hobbie & Friends

2006

as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)

Grey's Anatomy

as Patricia Phillips

Bones

as Erica Turner

Criminal Minds

as Lila May

American Dad!

as Mama Squirrel (voice)

Numb3rs

as Deanne Drake

Desperate Housewives

as Toni

Boston Legal

as Helen Binder

LAX

as Pam

Without a Trace

as Sharon Zenowich

Six Feet Under

as Marilyn Johnson

The Guardian

as Barbara Ludzinski

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Lorna Tenney

Gilmore Girls

as Bruce

Boston Public

as Billy's Mom

Judging Amy

as Alice Benedict

Ladies Man

as Mel

Providence

as Ms. Polly Maravich

Oh Baby

Ally McBeal

as Angela Tharpe

Between Brothers

as Emma Sweet

Arli$$

as Kate Meredith

The Louie Show

as Nurse

as Grollman

Chicago Hope

as Veronica Sarison

The X-Files

as Driver

Ned Blessing

Stand By Your Man

as Gloria

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Big Bertha

Tales from the Crypt

as Carla

Life Goes On

Married... with Children

1987

as Babs

7.7