Claire Windsor was born Ola Kronk in Cawker City, Kansas, April 14, 1897. After a divorce from William Bowes, she and with her three-year old son, Billy, came to Los Angeles in 1920. She was discovered by Lois Weber who had seen Kronk (Windsor) appearing as an extra in a couple of Allan Dwan directed features. Weber changed her named to Claire Windsor and starred her in the 1920 feature "To Please One Woman," a drama about the dissatisfied wife of a banker who tries to come between her and her fiancé. Although the movie did not receive good reviews, Variety said of Windor's performance, "By far, the major part of the acting honors are Miss Windsor's." Her next feature... under the direction of Weber, was "The Blot" (1926), another drama focusing on an underpaid professor and his daughter (Windsor) who struggle, but happiness comes when the son of a wealthy college trustee falls in love with the daughter. Again , Variety praised Windsor.