Emily Bett Rickards hit the gym and the ropes to play wrestling pioneer Mildred Burke in "Queen of the Ring," which weaves in fact with fiction.

In Ash Avildsen's new film Queen of The Ring, Emily Bett Rickards plays the role of Mildred Burke, a single mother who defied the odds in the 1930s to become the first million-dollar female athlete in ...

Most ardent wrestling fans have at the very least heard the name Mildred Burke, even if they are not intimately familiar with her rise to fame in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Many casual members of ...

Emily Bett Rickards portrays wrestling great Mildred Burke in “Queen of the Ring.” (Courtesy of Sumerian Pictures) As did “Fighting With My Family,” the 2019 film in which Florence Pugh ...

A waitress becomes a wrestler in this sports drama, based on the true story of the champion Mildred Burke. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

This biopic of pioneering female wrestler Mildred Burke, known to fans as the Kansas Cyclone, has a distinct Lifetime movie quality to its execution. It paints in the broadest strokes possible ...

This is the story we have to do.’” The 2009 book by Jeff Leen chronicles how Burke (née Mildred Bliss) was discovered by itinerant wrestling promoter Billy Wolfe, who plucked the young ...

Women's wrestling is more popular today than it has ever been, but it wasn't too long ago when females weren't taken seriously in such a male-dominated sport. We all know how women were heavily ...

The new film, “Queen of the Ring” tells the story of wrestler Mildred Burke, a trailblazer for women’s sports. Burke rose to fame during the 1930s and became the first wrestler to earn more ...