I had long assumed that Lucille Ryan had adopted the name 'Lucy Lawless' based   
   upon Pierre Burton's books.  She is of the right age to have read Pierre   
   Burton's books in her youth.  Likewise the name fit perfectly the kind of   
   persona Lucille was trying    
   to portray.     
      
      
   Piere Burton's book 'The Secret World of OG' was published in 1961 (Lucille   
   Ryan was born in 1968). In the book, Penny who idolizes 'Lucy Lawless', is the   
   middle child of 5 children; Lucile is the 5th child of 7 children - it seemed   
   like a character    
   Lucile may have identified with at that young age.   
      
   It is only recently reading Wikipedia that I found out that the name 'Lawless'   
   was taken from Lucile's first husband in 1988 when they were married.   
      
   So the coincidence of the name is quite spectacular as far as I am concerned.   
      
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