Let Them Eat Cake The Portrait (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Comedy, History

Let Them Eat Cake

The Portrait (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Comedy, History

The Comtesse de Vache is paid a visit when the Marquis de Sade escapes, Bouffant misses the mark when he prepares the mistress for a portrait, and Lisette returns to the safety of her old profession out on the street.

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Sep 23, 1999 (United Kingdom)

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Dawn French Lisette Lisette See fewer	French and Saunders (1987)
Jennifer Saunders Colombine Colombine See fewer	Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Adrian Scarborough Bouffant Bouffant See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Linda Spurrier 1st Aristocratic Woman 1st Aristocratic Woman See fewer	Up at the Villa (2000)
Margaret Whiting 2nd Aristocratic Woman (as Maggie Whiting) 2nd Aristocratic Woman (as Maggie Whiting) See fewer	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Richard E. Grant Mr. Vigée-Lebrun Mr. Vigée-Lebrun See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Maggie Steed Madame Vigée-Lebrun Madame Vigée-Lebrun See fewer	The Painted Veil (2006)