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.​

Filmography

• 2026You Can't Win — Salt Chunk Mary
• The Last Frontier — Katherine Van Horn
• The Pitt — Monica Peters
• 2023Penitentia — Shelly Wolf
• 2022North of the 10 — Jackie
• 2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special — Sara
• 2021Rushed — Joan
• 2021The Black Disquisition — Employee
• 2020Keep It Quiet — Corey
• 2020Killing Eleanor — Pam
• The Righteous Gemstones — Sheriff Brenda
• 2019The Short History of the Long Road — Marcie
• 201830 Miles from Nowhere — Officer Marsh
• 9-1-1 — Edna
• 2018Melvin Smarty — Margie
• 2017American Fable — Ethel
• 2017The Belko Experiment — Peggy Displasia
• 2017Wild Honey — Gabby
• 2016Blood Stripe — Dot
• Lucifer — Roberta Beliard
• Better Call Saul — Legal Aid Employee
• Chicago Med — Celeste Belkin
• 2015The Life and Death of an Unhappily Married Man
• 2014Perfect Sisters — Aunt Martha
• 2014Wildlife — Vernita Christiansen
• Georgia — Sunshine
• 2012Hava Nagila: The Movie — Narrator (voice)
• Longmire — Darla Lamebull
• 2012Scrooge & Marley — Freda
• 2012The Sessions — Joan
• Louie — Gretchen
• Drop Dead Diva — Sandra
• 2009The Informant! — Liz Taylor
• 2008Pants on Fire — Peggy
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager
• 2007Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever — Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)
• 2007Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures — Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)
• 2007Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party — Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)
• Private Practice — Ashley Minahan
• 2007The Hawk Is Dying — Precious
• 2006Beautiful Dreamer — Jeannie
• Broken Trail — Big Rump Kate
• Heroes — Dale Smither
• Holly Hobbie & Friends — Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)
• 2006Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes — Aunt Jessie Beech (voice)
• Shark — Wendy Dunmiller
• American Dad! — Mama Squirrel (voice)
• Bones — Erica Turner
• Criminal Minds — Lila May
• Grey's Anatomy — Patricia Phillips
• 2005Mozart and the Whale — Gracie
• 2005North Country — Big Betty
• Numb3rs — Deanne Drake
• Boston Legal — Helen Binder
• Desperate Housewives — Toni
• LAX — Pam
• 2003Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman — Ronette
• 2003Runaway Jury — Millie Dupree
• Without a Trace — Sharon Zenowich
• 2001John John in the Sky — Zeola
• Six Feet Under — Marilyn Johnson
• The Guardian — Barbara Ludzinski
• 2001The Princess and the Pea — Mama Pat
• Boston Public — Billy's Mom
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Lorna Tenney
• Gilmore Girls — Bruce
• 2000The Perfect Storm — Irene "Big Red" Johnson
• 1999EDtv — Alice
• Judging Amy — Alice Benedict
• Ladies Man — Mel
• Providence — Ms. Polly Maravich
• 1998Almost Heroes — Execution Witness
• Oh Baby
• 1998The Thin Pink Line — Nora Finkelheimer
• Ally McBeal — Angela Tharpe
• 1997Amistad — Mrs. Pendleton
• Between Brothers — Emma Sweet
• 1997Gridlock'd — Nurse
• 1997Heartless — Connie
• 1997Los Locos — Sister Drexel
• 1997North Shore Fish — Josie
• 1997Prison of Secrets — Carla
• Arli$$ — Kate Meredith, Inkeeper
• 1996If These Walls Could Talk — Prayer Group
• The Louie Show — Nurse
• 1996The Man Who Captured Eichmann — Rosa
• 1996Twister — Mother
• 1995A Little Princess — Amelia Minchin
• 1995Down, Out and Dangerous — Bartender
• 1995Lone Justice 2 — Emma
• Chicago Hope — Veronica Sarison
• ER — Grollman
• 1994The Crazysitter — German Nanny
• 1993Darkness Before Dawn — Evelyn
• 1993Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday — Joey B.
• Ned Blessing
• 1993Reckless Kelly — Entertainment Reporter
• The X-Files — Driver
• 1992Candyman — Policewoman
• 1992Getting Up and Going Home — Julia Stevenson
• 1992Sleepwalkers — Housewife
• Stand By Your Man — Gloria
• 1992T Bone N Weasel — Verna Mae
• 1991Highlander II: The Quickening — Drunk
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Big Bertha
• 1989Angels of the City — Bookworm
• Life Goes On
• Tales from the Crypt — Carla
• 1988Addicted to His Love — Woman at Video Dating Service
• 1988Memories of Me — Strawberry
• 1988The Dirk Diggler Story — Candy Kane
• Married... with Children — Babs

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2025Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday — Self
• 2013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th — Self
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest