Helen Slayton-Hughes，Helen`s family includes a lot of performers. Peter Dinklage is her first cousin once removed. Her mother, Helen Peer (m. Slayton), and aunts Florence Peer (m. Dinklage) and Edna Peer (m. Cardinell) all used the last name "Pierre" when they sang in George M. Cohan musicals before marrying and settling down.