Early life and career of Bill Clinton Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. He was the son of William Jefferson Blythe Jr. (1918–1946), a traveling salesman who had died in an automobile accident three months before his birth, and Virginia Dell Cassidy (later Virginia Kelley: 1923–1994). His parents had married on September 4, 1943, but this union later proved to be bigamous, as Blythe had never divorced his third wife and was therefore still married to her. Soon after Bill was born, Virginia traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to study nursing. She left her
Mabel Blythe Mabel Blythe Mabel Blythe (1930–2004) was a popular Sri Lankan actress and singer who appeared in early Sinhala films opposite Eddie Jayamanne. Blythe was born on March 28, 1930. Actress Jemini Kantha introduced her to B. A. W. Jayamanne who cast Blythe in "Hadisi Vinishchaya" (1949) opposite Eddie Jayamanne. She subsequently had similar roles in "Sengawunu Pilithura" (1951), "Umathu Wishwasaya" (1952), "Kele Handa" (1953), "Iranganie" (1954), "Matha Bedhaya" (1955), "Perakadoru Bena" (1955), "Daiwa Wipaakaya" (1956), "Vanaliya" (1958; with her sister Shirly Blythe), "Kawata Andare" (1960) and "Mangalika" (1963). Blythe sang in her movies. Her song "Sara Goiya" done for "Daiwa