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When she first stepped into the ring in the 1930s, Mildred Burke became one of the very first professional women wrestlers. Director Ash Avildsen's new film The Queen of The Ring explores the rise ...
Spanning two decades in Burke’s life, from her start in the 1930s to that aforementioned championship title in the 1950s, “Queen of the Ring” has a lot of story to cover. Avildsen ...
Spoiler alert! We're discussing the ending of the sports biopic "Queen of the Ring" (in theaters now), so beware if you want to go in cold. Google Mildred Burke and you’ll find vintage pictures ...
The story of Mildred Burke is thankfully getting its much deserved and long overdue spotlight this weekend with the release of Queen of the Ring. The big-screen adaption of Jeff Leen’s biography ...
Queen of the Ring is now officially in theaters and the story of Mildred Burke is finally mainstream. At the end of the day, that reality was the goal for director, Ash Avildsen. "It was a year ...
The biopic 'Queen of the Ring,' chronicling wrestler Mildred Burke's life, faces controversy. Makers accuse WWE of sabotaging ...
Now comes “Queen of the Ring,” in theaters March 7 ... “He asked me if I ever heard of Mildred Burke,” said Avildsen, by phone from his home in Nashville, Tenn. “I said no and asked ...
"Queen of the Ring" starts in the middle of a wrestling ... The film then goes into flashback to tell the story of said athlete, Mildred Burke (Emily Bett Rickards), a female pioneer in the ...