Zinkeisen, Doris (1898–1991)
Zinkeisen, Doris (1898–1991)
Scottish costume designer and painter. Name variations: Doris Grahame Johnstone. Born Doris Clare Zinkeisen, 1898, in Kilcreggan, Scotland; died 1991; sister of Anna Zinkeisen (painter); m. Capt E. Grahame Johnstone; children: (twins) Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone (illustrators).
Designed scenes and costumes for such London plays as The Insect Play (1924), The Way of the World, Cochran's Revues, Evergreen, Waltzes from Vienna, Words and Music, Wild Violets, The Taming of the Shrew, Under Your Hat, Nymph Errant, Lights Out, Black Vanities, The Belle of New York, Arms and the Man, After the Ball and Cinderella; also designed for ballet and such films as Bitter Sweet, Nell Gwyn, Show Boat (1936) and Sixty Glorious Years; painted and held exhibitions; was commissioned by British Red Cross as a war artist (1945), with paintings displayed at the National Gallery; wrote the book Designing for the Stage (1938); was briefly engaged to director James Whale.