Acting credits
113
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Rusty Schwimmer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 65Series: 48
TMDB ID: 34407
IMDb ID: nm0005404
Known for: Acting
Born: August 25, 1962
Age: 63
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1987 - 2026
Years active: 40
Average TMDB rating: 7.02
Wikidata: Q3038793
Also known as
Rusty Schwimer
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Rusty Schwimmer.
as Salt Chunk Mary
You Can't Win
2026 • Movie
as Self
Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday
2025 • Movie
as Shelly Wolf
Penitentia
2023 • Movie
as Sara
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022 • Movie
as Jackie
North of the 10
2022 • Movie
as Employee
The Black Disquisition
2021 • Movie
as Joan
Rushed
2021 • Movie
as Pam
Killing Eleanor
2020 • Movie
as Corey
Keep It Quiet
2020 • Movie
as Marcie
The Short History of the Long Road
2019 • Movie
as Officer Marsh
30 Miles from Nowhere
2018 • Movie
as Margie
Melvin Smarty
2018 • Movie
as Gabby
Wild Honey
2017 • Movie
as Peggy Displasia
The Belko Experiment
2017 • Movie
as Ethel
American Fable
2017 • Movie
as Dot
Blood Stripe
2016 • Movie
The Life and Death of an Unhappily Married Man
2015 • Movie
as Aunt Martha
Perfect Sisters
2014 • Movie
as Vernita Christiansen
Wildlife
2014 • Movie
as Self
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013 • Movie
as Freda
Scrooge & Marley
2012 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012 • Movie
as Joan
The Sessions
2012 • Movie
as Liz Taylor
The Informant!
2009 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rusty Schwimmer.
as Katherine Van Horn • 2 eps
The Last Frontier
2025 • Series
as Monica Peters • 6 eps
The Pitt
2025 • Series
as Sheriff Brenda • 4 eps
The Righteous Gemstones
2019 • Series
as Edna • 1 eps
9-1-1
2018 • Series
as Roberta Beliard • 1 eps
Lucifer
2016 • Series
as Celeste Belkin • 1 eps
Chicago Med
2015 • Series
as Legal Aid Employee • 1 eps
Better Call Saul
2015 • Series
as Darla Lamebull • 1 eps
Longmire
2012 • Series
as Gretchen • 1 eps
Louie
2010 • Series
as Sandra • 1 eps
Drop Dead Diva
2009 • Series
1 eps
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008 • Series
as Ashley Minahan • 1 eps
Private Practice
2007 • Series
as Dale Smither • 1 eps
Heroes
2006 • Series
as Wendy Dunmiller • 1 eps
Shark
2006 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 • Series
as Big Rump Kate • 2 eps
Broken Trail
2006 • Series
as Aunt Jessie Beech (voice) • 6 eps
Holly Hobbie & Friends
2006 • Series
as Lila May • 1 eps
Criminal Minds
2005 • Series
as Erica Turner • 1 eps
Bones
2005 • Series
as Patricia Phillips • 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
2005 • Series
as Mama Squirrel (voice) • 1 eps
American Dad!
2005 • Series
as Deanne Drake • 1 eps
Numb3rs
2005 • Series
as Toni • 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
2004 • Series
as Helen Binder • 1 eps
Boston Legal
2004 • Series