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Rusty Schwimmer

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

2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

as Sara

Movie
2012
The Sessions

as Joan

Movie
2003
Runaway Jury

as Millie Dupree

Movie
2000
The Perfect Storm

as Irene "Big Red" Johnson

Movie
1996
Twister

as Mother

Movie
1993
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

as Joey B.

Movie
1992
Candyman

as Policewoman

Movie
1992
Sleepwalkers

as Housewife

Movie
2025
The Last Frontier

as Katherine Van Horn

TV Show