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The Town
Westport is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States. Notwithstanding, Westport has significant cultural attractions, including the Westport Country Playhouse, a longtime regional theater, the unique Levitt Pavilion providing free concerts, a strong arts council, and a heritage as a former artists' colony.

The town has two Metro North railroad stations: Westport in Saugatuck and Green's Farms.
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Famous Residents

Among the many famous actors, singers and other entertainers who live in town are couples Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, as well as Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas, radio personality Don Imus, singer Michael Bolton, recording artists Ashford and Simpson, and film producer Harvey Weinstein.

Famous past residents include Martha Stewart, Bette Davis, Jim Nantz, Michael Douglas, comedians Rodney Dangerfield, Christopher Lloyd (Staples High School Class of '57) and Imogene Coca, actress Marilyn Chambers (born in town), child actress Linda Blair, actress Sandy Dennis, Luke Greenfield, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Harry Reasoner. Artists who lived in town include Saturday Evening Post cover illustrator Stevan Dohanos, singer/song writer Neil Sedaka and photographer Annie Leibovitz, Rod Serling, creator of the The Twilight Zone, Gerry Mulligan, Jazz musician. Hilla von Rebay, founding curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, spent the last years of her life in Greens Farms and died there in 1967.
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