(1930–2014), actress, recording artist and entrepreneur. Bergen called a vintage house on several wooded acres in the South Britain area her home Victor Borge (1909–2000), comedian, owned the Colonial House in Southbury, which now serves as a community center. His estate and Cornish hen game farm is now Heritage Village Linda Cohn (born 1959), sportscaster on the ESPN network Philip Evergood (1901–1973), painter, etcher, lithographer, sculptor, illustrator, and writer Joel Hinman (1802–1870), Chief Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors James Ledbetter, author and editor based in New York City Mark W. Libby, United States diplomat Dave Longstreth, singer and guitarist for the Brooklyn-based band, Dirty Projectors Jake Longstreth, American painter, musician, and internet radio personality Jan Miner (1917–2004), actress, most likely to be remembered as "Madge the Manicurist" in dozens of TV commercials for Palmolive dishwashing soap Wallace Nutting (1861–1941), famed photographer (and also a minister, author, lecturer, furniture maker), moved his photography studio to a farm in town from New York City in 1899. In 1912, he moved again to Framingham, Massachusetts Katie Stevens (born 1992), actress and singer, known for her role in the MTV series Faking it Leland Stowe (1899–1994), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the first to recognize the expansionist character of the German Nazi regime Ed Sullivan (1901–1974), iconic television personality and columnist; had a country home in town Gladys Taber (1899–1980), author of 59 books and columnist in the Lady's Home Journal, lived in "Stillmeadow", a 1690 farmhouse off Jeremy Swamp Road, starting in 1933 (summers only) and 1935 (full-time) Sada Thompson (1927–2011), an actress of stage, screen, and television, perhaps best known for her role on the long-running ABC drama Family'' Krista Watterworth. interior designer and TV personality References External links Town of Southbury official website The Southbury Historical Society Towns in New Haven County, Connecticut Populated places established in 1787 Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut