Leo Prabhu

{{Short description|Indian dramatist (1933–2023)}}

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| name = Leo Prabhu

| birth_name = Leo

| birth_date = {{birth year|1933}}

| birth_place = Coimbatore, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and given age|df=yes|2023|12|30|90}}

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| occupation = Dramatist, actor, writer

| years_active = 1950–2023

| spouse = Usha Prabhu

| children = Murugashankari Leo

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| website = {{URL|Kalaikoodam.org}}

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Leo Prabhu (1933 – 30 December 2023) was an Indian dramatist, playwright and novelist from the state of Tamil Nadu. He started his career as an actor at the Boys Company and has worked in the Tamil theater for many years. After founding his own troupe, called Stage Image, he shot to fame. His service and contribution to Tamil theatre are well recognised by the Tamils across the world. He is regarded as one of the finest actors,{{by whom|date=March 2021}} writers and playwrights and The Tamil Nadu Government conferred on him the highest State award, Kalaimamani in 1990.