She made her screen debut as a dancer in Alan Parker's 1980 musical drama Fame. Tilly's dance career came to an abrupt halt when, in 1979, a dance partner dropped her, causing a serious back injury. Forced to give up dancing because of complications stemming from her back injury, Tilly moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actress and studied acting under Peggy Fuery.
She made her screen debut as a dancer in Alan Parker's 1980 musical drama Fame.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
screen
screen
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
debut
debut
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
dancer
dancer
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Alan
Alan
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Parker
Parker
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1980
1980
NUM
CD
amod
Degree=Pos
musical
musical
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
drama
drama
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
Fame
Fame
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Tilly's dance career came to an abrupt halt when, in 1979, a dance partner dropped her, causing a serious back injury.
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Tilly
Tilly
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
dance
dance
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Sing
career
career
NOUN
NN
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
come
came
VERB
VBD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
abrupt
abrupt
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
halt
halt
NOUN
NN
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1979
1979
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
dance
dance
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Sing
partner
partner
NOUN
NN
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
drop
dropped
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
cause
causing
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
serious
serious
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
back
back
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
injury
injury
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Forced to give up dancing because of complications stemming from her back injury, Tilly moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actress and studied acting under Peggy Fuery.
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
forced
Forced
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
give
give
VERB
VB
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
obj
Number=Sing
dancing
dancing
NOUN
NN
case
because
because
ADP
IN
fixed
of
of
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
complication
complications
NOUN
NNS
acl
VerbForm=Ger
stem
stemming
VERB
VBG
case
from
from
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
back
back
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
injury
injury
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Tilly
Tilly
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
move
moved
VERB
VBD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Los
Los
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Angeles
Angeles
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
pursue
pursue
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
career
career
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
actress
actress
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
study
studied
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
acting
acting
NOUN
NN
case
under
under
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Peggy
Peggy
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Fuery
Fuery
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.