'Queen of the Ring' star Emily Bett Rickards on wrestling pioneer Mildred Burke

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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 the male-dominated world of professional wrestling.

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