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Home/People/April Ritzenthaler
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April Ritzenthaler

Acting

Biography
April Ritzenthaler (née Hermann) is one of the original founders of Texas Roller Derby (TXRD), formerly known as Texas Lonestar Rollergirls, a banked track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas. Ritzenthaler, aka La Muerta (originally "Queen Destroyer"), was featured in "Hell on Wheels," a documentary released in 2007 about the creation of the all-female roller derby league founded in 2001 that sparked the modern derby revival. In 2006, she also appeared in a 13-episode reality television series on A&E titled "Rollergirls," the 2012 documentary "Leave It On The Track," and the Netflix docuseries "Home Game," released in 2020.
Leave It On The Track poster

Leave It On The Track

as La Muerta
2012
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This Is Roller Derby

as Narrator
2011
Hell On Wheels poster

Hell On Wheels

as Queen Destroyer / La Muerta
2007