Tracy sought a career in vaudeville in 1914, but after less than a year in New York City she returned to New Castle and taught dancing.

After graduating from Lake Erie College in 1917, she worked for a newspaper and taught school while she pursued a career as a stage actor,[2] primarily in stock companies.

In early March 1923, Louise joined the Leonard Wood Players in White Plains, New York, which engaged her as the leading lady.

The doctor told Louise that even though there was no medical treatment, John could still learn how to talk, lip read, and do anything a hearing person could do.

In July 1932, the Tracys' daughter Susie was born, and by March 1935, the family moved to a ranch in Encino, California, where they lived for 19 years.

Throughout their marriage, Spencer frequently engaged in extramarital affairs, including those with actresses Loretta Young, Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, Ingrid Bergman, and Gene Tierney.

[5] In July 1942, Louise Tracy spoke for the first time on her experience as the mother of a deaf child at the University of Southern California at a banquet for the National Workshop of Social Workers and teachers and Parents of the Hard of Hearing.

She stressed the importance of parents being involved in the education of their children at a very young age and set up a program for them.

In April 1951, Spencer turned the world premiere of his new film, Father's Little Dividend, at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, into a building fund-raiser for the clinic's new site.

Spencer's support was always strong, and over the years he personally donated more than a half a million dollars to the clinic.

At the dedication of the new clinic building in 1952, he said to the visiting dignitaries, staff and press: "You honor me because I am a movie actor, a star in Hollywood terms.

In 1963, Louise was appointed to the Neurological and Sensory Disease Advisory Committee of the federal Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare (HEW).

However, the honors continued to roll in for Louise, whose "mothers' group" had become the largest single service provider to parents of deaf children around the world.