Lois Bromfield (born ) is a Canadian-American

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actor, writer, and television producer originally from

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, Ontario. Her credits include ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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

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to comedian Steve Moore from 1980 to 1995, which ended after they both decided to publicly

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as gay. Bromfield officially came out as

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in 1994 on ''

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''. Bromfield co-starred in the 1984

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television series ''Apt. 2C'' of which only the pilot episode was ever made.

Filmography

* 1985: Actor, "Sorority Girls from Hell" segment, ''

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'' (

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) * 1990: Celebrity guest, ''Hollywood Today'' * 1991–1995: Co-producer, writer, ''

'' (

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) * 1996: Consulting producer, ''

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'' (ABC) * 1997: Producer, writing supervisor, ''

'' (ABC) * 1998: Consulting producer, '' Brother's Keeper'' (ABC) * 2001–2002 – Talk show executive co-producer (

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) * 2006: Producing promotional shorts for ''At the Cineplex'' (HBO)

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