她参演的第一部重要作品是史蒂文·斯皮尔博格于1985年根据艾丽斯·沃克的小说《紫色》改编摄制的影片，她因此获得了一个金球奖，而且还获得了奥斯卡金像奖的一项提名。
Her first major film was Steven spiel berg's adaptation of the Alice walker's novel the color purple in1985 for which she earned a golden globe award and an academy award nomination.
就是这一回，我从艾博特与贝茜的文谈中第一次获悉，我父亲生前是个牧师，我母亲违背了朋友们的意愿嫁给了他，他们认为这桩婚事有失她的身份。
On that same occasion I learned, for the first time, from Miss Abbot's communications to Bessie, that my father had been a poor clergyman;
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