Cynthia Payne
Cynthia Payne
Cynthia Paynewas an English brothel keeper and party hostess who made the headlines in the 1970s and 1980s, when she was acquitted of running a brothel at 32 Ambleside Avenue, in Streatham, a southwestern suburb of London...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth24 December 1932
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Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws.
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Julie Walters asked me at the premiere whether I liked the film and I said she was more like me in Educating Rita - naive, you know?
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Numerous studies have found that trans fats raise our risk of heart disease. They can also contribute to an increase in total cholesterol levels and a drop in the healthy HDL cholesterol. These man-made fats are much worse for you than any other natural fat, even the saturated fats found in butter and beef.
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If men want sex they'll find it.
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My biographer said that my parties reminded them of a vicarage tea party, with sex thrown in.
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Vicars, MPS and lawyers were amont those who considered me to be the best hostess in London.
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By 1980, when I came out of prison, The Sun did a campaign to stop putting vice girls in prison. We've talked about it ever since and nothing has been done about it.
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Every time we had a raid, I'd get a boyfriend out of it.
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I think all old folk's homes should have striptease. If I ran one I'd have a striptease every week.
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I always seemed to fall in love with policemen.
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I'm glad I haven't married - I crave excitement.
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It's been a rollercoaster life but it hasn't been boring.
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Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work?
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When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do all that?