In theaters now, “Judy” revisits the final months of Judy Garland’s life. The iconic actress also serves as inspiration for a TV series that’s currently being developed by Athena Pictures and American Entertainment Investors. This time, she’s playing a supporting role. The project is based on “Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me,” a memoir penned by Garland’s former manager, Stevie Phillips. Deadline broke the news.

Described as “A Mad Men”-style story, “Stevie” charts its protagonist’s “rise from secretary to tour manager to agent to producer in a pre-MeToo era,” the source details. “Having started as a secretary, working for MCA’s Freddie Fields and David Begelman, under the glare of Lew Wasserman, [Phillips] moved with the pair to Creative Management Associates, where she became Judy Garland’s ‘shadow.’ Phillips went on to manage Garland’s daughter Liza Minnelli as well as Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, George Roy Hill, Bob Fosse, Cat Stevens, and David Bowie. Sue Mengers, who worked with Stevie at CMA, will also be featured.”

“Stevie is a true inspiration who paved the way for women in the entertainment industry,” said Athena Pictures’ Audra Gordon, who is penning the script. “She is an unapologetic, strategic force of nature who in her own words ‘learned to play her cards close to her chest and never fold.’ I’m honored to be able to tell her story, which reflects many other women’s stories coming up in the business, including my own.”

Phillips was no longer working with Garland when the “Wizard of Oz” star died in 1969. When asked why Garland remains unforgettable, she said, “I think because she was on screen the living incarnation of many of our dreams. For a dreamer like me she was the epitome of all good things. I didn’t want my dreams to decay. Who does?”