Personal Services of Life"). Personal Services Personal Services is a 1987 British comedy film directed by Terry Jones and written by David Leland. It is the story of the rise of a madam of a suburban brothel which caters to older men. The story is inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne, the legendary "House of Cyn" madam. Christine Painter (Julie Walters) is a sexually naive waitress and single-mother who pays for her teenage son's tuition by renting flats to local call girls. She later becomes a call girl herself – joining her friend Shirley (Shirley Stelfox) and their "maid" Dolly
Cynthia Zukas Cynthia Zukas Cynthia Zukas is a Zambian painter; she received the Order of the British Empire in 2012. Zukas was born in 1931 in Cape Town. She went to school in South Africa where she started her art career, and later went to London where she studied as an art teacher. In London she met Simon Zukas who she later married. After a few years the two came to Zambia and Cynthia became a full-time housewife. The two have two children. During her free time she used to draw, which she still does today. A few years after coming to