<P> For its first three years , Make Room For Daddy garnered decent ratings , but failed to make the list of the top 30 programs . Shortly after the third season finished filming , Jean Hagen left the show over dissatisfaction with her role and frequent clashes with Danny Thomas . Thomas was upset with her for leaving , and felt the show would not last without her . However , he decided to push on . At the start of the fourth season , the series title was changed to The Danny Thomas Show . Both Thomas and producer Sheldon Leonard were faced with a serious dilemma -- how to explain Hagen 's absence . To have `` Danny '' and `` Margaret '' divorce in that era would have been unacceptable to television audiences , so it was explained that Margaret suddenly had died off - screen . It was a risky move because until this time , no character on a TV situation comedy had died . </P>
<P> For its first three years , Make Room For Daddy garnered decent ratings , but failed to make the list of the top 30 programs . Shortly after the third season finished filming , Jean Hagen left the show over dissatisfaction with her role and frequent clashes with Danny Thomas . Thomas was upset with her for leaving , and felt the show would not last without her . However , he decided to push on . At the start of the fourth season , the series title was changed to The Danny Thomas Show . Both Thomas and producer Sheldon Leonard were faced with a serious dilemma -- how to explain Hagen 's absence . To have `` Danny '' and `` Margaret '' divorce in that era would have been unacceptable to television audiences , so it was explained that Margaret suddenly had died off - screen . It was a risky move because until this time , no character on a TV situation comedy had died . </P>
what happened to the mother on make room for daddy
what happened to the mother on make room for daddy
Margaret suddenly had died off - screen
Margaret suddenly had died off - screen