After a stint as a secretary, she began working for freddie fields and david begelman at music corporation of america mca under. Judy garland was an american actress, singer, vaudevillian, and dancer. Jul 17, 2015 in a memoir, stevie phillips, who once worked for judy garland, is revealing intimate details about some harrowing moments she spent with the star. Sep 28, 2019 judy garland s former manager stevie phillips has opened up on the stars troubled life dealing with drug and alcohol addiction. Agent and producer phillips begins her candid debut memoir by recounting three miserable years as assistant to judy garland, a demented, demanding, supremely talented drug addict, a selfdestructive drunk who lived on a cocktail of pills downed with limitless bottles of liebfraumilch. Judy garlands former manager opens up about the legends. By that time, judy garland the person, was a sad, lonely lady with advanced addiction issues struggling to make a living and blaming everyone else for her troubles reference the late night drunken autobiography. The book was to be called the judy garland story, and would be a. Judy garlands manager stevie phillips memoir to be. Tv series in the works about producer stevie phillips, judy. After a stint as a secretary, she began working for freddie fields and david. Judy garlands manager stevie phillips memoir to be adapted for. Oct 16, 2015 likewise, later in life, when she represented liza minnelli, garland s daughter, she watched her unravel as well.
On twitter to alert judy garlandliza minnelli fans about forthcoming book. Judy garlands manager stevie phillips memoir to be adapted. And nobody witnessed garlands fierce talent at closer range than stevie phillips as. Aug 07, 2015 meet the woman who took on judy, liza, and bowie handling judy garlands emotional crises, finding david bowie in a gay lip lock, and making liza minnelli a star were all in a days work for talent. Stevie phillips, who began as a secretary at the new yorkbased freddie fields associates, worked her way up to become garland s manager from 1961 to 1964, accompanying the singer on her cross. It doesnt read as the most dependable of narrativesthat is, its intention screams money rather than purposebut phillips does offer some interesting anecdotes about judy scarcely found elsewhere. Stevie later managed judy s daughter, liza minelli, during her glory years.
Behind the scenes, the legendary performer was anything but th. After a stint as a secretary, she began working for freddie fields and david begelman at. Jun 01, 2015 phillips, 78, got her first big break in her midtwenties, when famed agents freddie fields and david begelman asked her to accompany judy garland on a comeback concert tour. Jul 20, 2015 stevie phillips was garland s personal assistant for four years during the 1960s. Stevie phillips worked with judy garland for four years, beginning in 1961 as the manager of her comeback tour, and went on to represent her. Jun 02, 2015 i feel stevie phillips does a wonderful job of slowly introducing herself throughout the book so that by the end it is her story that i became much more interested in. Stevie phillips audio books, best sellers, author bio. And nobody witnessed garlands fierce talent at closer range than stevie phillips as proven in this revelatory memoir. The book is described as a dishy examination of one womans journey from. So i hungrily began reading stevie phillipss memoir judy and liza and robert and freddie and david and sue and me. Judy garland was a demented, demanding, supremely talented. Stevie phillips memoir shines light on life with big stars. One way to introduce the book is to catalog the six famous names on the cover.
Growing up in hoboken, new jersey, phillips writes in the memoir that judy garland in meet me in st. But only now is the pa she molested and threatened to kill revealing the xcertificate truth stevie phillips was garland s pa for four years at. Oct 22, 2019 in this memoir, talent manager stevie phillips speaks of her time working with judy garland towards the end of her life. During the mad men era, stevie phillips was a young woman muscling her way into the manscape of manhattans glittering office towers. Sep 11, 2019 stevie phillips, who began as a secretary at the new yorkbased freddie fields associates, worked her way up to become garland s manager from 1961 to 1964, accompanying the singer on her cross.
Phillips was actually there, traveling with and working for judy garland as garland began to slide from the pinnacles of success of carnegie hall. At the end of the book, phillips credits her time with judy and later liza as an awakening of sorts, to drug addiction and her own codependency. This book tells the story of her relationships with the people she has worked with and how their own insecurities often led to their downfall. Finally, a mad menstyle show about judy garlands hollywood. She was garland s manager for the last few years, and then went on to manage liza in the 1970s. Dec 15, 2020 no star burned more ferociously than judy garland. Phillips was actually there, traveling with and working for judy garland. It is impressive how the author emerged from that experience to forge a brilliant career of her own.
Jun 06, 2020 a memoir is a book written by stevie phillips, the me in the title. Stevie phillips memoir shines light on life with big. May 31, 2015 stevie phillips dreamed of being a hollywood agent. Stevie phillips memoir about judy garland im not that interested in jg, but this book excerpted in vanity fair seems to have some promise though likely not the kind the author intended. I guess this book confirms what has been written about judy garland in other books, but only described secondhand by most of those authors. New memoir by stevie phillips revisits the judy garland myth.
Judy garlands former manager opens up on stars emotional. After the agency she worked for signed judy garland, phillips became the legends 247 minder. And nobody witnessed garland s fierce talent at closer range than stevie phillips as proven in this revelatory memoir. Meet the woman who took on judy, liza, and bowie handling judy garlands emotional crises, finding david bowie in a gay lip lock, and making liza minnelli a star were all in a days work for talent. May 29, 2015 stevie phillips enters the garland narrative in its tawdry, final act, when even judy apologists struggle to manipulate the facts. Stevie phillips this week brings us a new judy garland book upon which one should look down with a highbrowed disdain for salacious gossip. Meet the woman who took on judy, liza, and bowie the advocate. Liza minnelli a star were all in a days work for talent agent stevie phillips. Judy garland was so sexobsessed she groped the crotch of. Yes, she does talk about her experience with judy garland etc but it is the usual things that can be read in other biographies of ms garland at this stage of her career.
Stevie phillips enters the garland narrative in its tawdry, final act, when even judy apologists struggle to manipulate the facts. On stevie phillips incendiary new memoir of her hollywood. Jun 15, 2015 no star burned more ferociously than judy garland. Handling judy garlands emotional crises, finding david bowie in a gay. I guess this book confirms what has been written about judy garland in other books, but only described. In a memoir, stevie phillips, who once worked for judy garland, is revealing intimate details. In this memoir, talent manager stevie phillips speaks of her time working with judy garland towards the end of her life.
And nobody witnessed garland s fierce talent at closer range than stevie phillips. A new memoir by stevie phillips revisits the judy garland myth 06172015 04. When a memoir opens with judy garland setting herself aflame in a hotel suite, you know youre in for a rollicking tellall. Im delighted that you read the book and enjoyed it, but i dont quite. Judy garlands pa stevie phillips reveals the xcertificate.
Judy garlands wild final years of drugs and cruelty. A new memoir by stevie phillips revisits the judy garland myth. Stevie phillips gives the reader a crystal clear insight into the mad maelstrom surrounding judy garlands life and career. And nobody witnessed garlands fierce talent at closer range than stevie phillips. May 21, 2015 stevie phillips worked with judy garland for four years, beginning in 1961 as the manager of her comeback tour, and went on to represent her daughter, liza minnelli, until 1975. And nobody witnessed garland s ferocious talent at closer range than stevie phillips. Judy garland was so sexobsessed she groped the crotch of a. The book is described as a dishy examination of one womans journey from being a mad menera secretary in manhattan to managing some of the biggest stars of the day, as well as a look at garland s tumultuous career. Stevie was the road managerbabysitter to judy garland. Stevie phillips dishes about judy garland, her time at cma, and her personal triumphs as a starmaker. During the mad men era, stevie philips was a young woman muscling her way into the manscape of manhattans glittering office towers. Sep 12, 2019 judy garlands young personal assistant said she was revolted by the star stevie phillips, then in her 20s, describes how she was groped in a limousine in her memoir she recounts how garland. Judy garlands former manager opens up about the legends final.
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