Mildred Burke
Actor · 1915 – 1989 · Coffeyville, Kansas, USA
Mildred Bliss, better known by the ring name Mildred Burke, was an American professional wrestler. She is overall a three-time women's world champion under different incarnations and recognitions. She was never defeated. Mildred suffered a stroke on 2/14/1989 and died four days later at Northridge Hospital in California.
Movies4
Movie6.7DramaA close-up look at the turbulent world of women's professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.
Below the Belt
1980 · 6 votes
Movie5.0DocumentaryAn underground, underdog story of the prolific journey that women take to follow their dreams and find their way in a male dominated fight industry.
Ballerina I'm Not
2017 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Mildred Burke and Mae Weston battling it out for the Women’s Wrestling Championship of the World in 1949.
Movie4.0DocumentaryActionCompilation of six women wrestling matches formerly available in 8mm films and then available in video as Wrestling Women (1981): Lily Bitter vs. June Beyers, Cora Combs vs. Laraine Johnson, Clara Mortensen vs. Rita Martinez, Lynn O'Connor vs. June Adair, Ella Waldeck vs. Jane Mull, and the tag team match Ida May and Violet Vian vs. Carrie Majors and Betty Hawkins.
Wrestling Women USA!
2001 · 3 votes
Series1
TV8.3DocumentaryFinding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional wrestling.
Dark Side of the Ring
2019 · 63 votes