Lois Bromfield

{{Short description|Canadian comedian, actor and writer}}

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{{Short description|American comedian (1954–2014)}}

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| medium = Stand-up comedy, television, film, screenwriting, producing

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Lois Bromfield (born {{Birth based on age as of date |29|1984|7|27|noage=1}}){{cite news |last1=Bookman |first1=Julie |title=Young comic taps female funny bone |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian-lois-bromfield/164227339/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |work=The Columbian |date=July 27, 1984 |location=Washington, Vancouver |page=F 48|via = Newspapers.com }} is a Canadian-American comedic actor, writer, and television producer originally from Toronto, Ontario. Her credits include Roseanne, Grace Under Fire, The Jackie Thomas Show and The New Hollywood Squares. In 1990, Bromfield appeared with Chris Aable in her first television interview, along with her HBO comedy video on Aable's show, Hollywood Today where she was interviewed along with her then-husband Steve Moore .

Bromfield was born in Toronto.

She was in a lavender marriage to comedian Steve Moore from 1980 to 1995,{{cite news | title=In profile: Steve Moore | work=The Advocate | date=24 June 1997}} which ended after they both decided to publicly come out as gay.{{cite news | title=Lois Bromfield's Empty Closet | work=The Advocate | date=22 March 1994 | pages=54–56}} Bromfield officially came out as lesbian in 1994 on The Arsenio Hall Show.

Bromfield co-starred in the 1984 George Carlin HBO television series Apt. 2C of which only the pilot episode was ever made. She gained American citizenship in the 1990s, and has been living with her partner near Nuremberg, Germany, since 2009. She is the sister of Valri Bromfield and film director Rex Bromfield.