 She was a costume designer on a number of Herbert Wilcox films that starred Anna Neagle, including the film version of Noël Coward's operetta "Bitter Sweet" (1933), "The Little Damozel", which included a nearly transparent dress that was subsequently used by Neagle in several publicity photographs and public appearances, "Nell Gwyn" (1934), "The Queen's Affair" (1934), "Peg of Old Drury" (1935), and the screen biography of Queen Victoria, "Victoria the Great", together with its sequel, "Sixty Glorious Years".Wilcox's 1932 film "The Blue Danube" was based on a short story by Zinkeisen.British-born director James Whale specifically requested Zinkeisen to design the costumes for the only American film she ever worked on, the 1936 screen version of the musical "Show Boat".