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Carol Sue Littleton, ACE (born October 23, 1942) is an American film editor.

 The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page:  Her work includes Body Heat (1981), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and The Big Chill (1983). Littleton was the recipient of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing (for a TV Miniseries, Movie or a Special) for Tuesdays with Morrie (1999).

Littleton served as president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild from 1988 to 1991, and as vice president from 1994 to 2001, as well as from 2005 to 2007. Littleton has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors, and serves as ACE vice president since 2019. She is also a current member of the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Film Editors Branch).

Carol Littleton is married to cinematographer John Bailey.

Family background and education
Carol Littleton was born 1942 in Oklahoma City, citation  the youngest of three sisters. Her mother Mildred Grace Littleton ( Ingram) was a church organist who gave private piano lessons and taught music in public schools. Her father Charlie Arthur Littleton was a businessman who later became a farmer. At the time of Carol's birth, he managed a local Buick agency. (A Family Portrait, p. 271) When Carol was three years old, the family moved to the town of Miami in the Indian Territory of Northeastern Oklahoma. Her father became a partner in a car dealer named the Norton-Littleton Motor Company until 1954, when the family

Her eldest sister Betty became an attorney and university professor. In 2010 she published the nonfiction book A Family Portrait, covering several generations of the family history. Her second sister Charlene was a teacher who later also became a university professor.

Education and marriage
 The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page; will be revamped and expanded:  Carol attended the University of Oklahoma College of Arts & Sciences, obtaining her bachelor's degree in 1965 and her master's in 1970. Her obsession with film editing started in France, when Littleton became acquainted with French New Wave cinema.

Gaining a foothold
 The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page; will be revamped and expanded:  During the 1970s, Carol Littleton owned a production company that made commercials. She moved into working as a film editor with director Karen Arthur on Legacy (1975). Other films were to follow and Littleton received an Academy Award nomination for editing Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

Films with Lawrence Kasdan
 The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page; will be revamped and expanded  Commencing with Body Heat (1981), Littleton had an extended collaboration with the director Lawrence Kasdan. Kasdan hired Littleton for Body Heat not only for her skill, but specifically because she was a woman. He believed only a woman editor could bring the eroticism he wanted in the film. Of the 11 films that Kasdan directed between 1981 and 2012, Littleton has edited nine.

Leadership roles in MPEG, AMPAS and ACE
 The following text ist still from the old Wikipedia page; will be revamped and expanded  In the late 1980s, Carol Littleton was elected and served as the president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Littleton is one of the major editors that author Gabriella Oldham interview for her book First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (1992).

Mentoring and teaching
Carol has worked with numerous assistants who have gone on to become highly accomplished editors themselves: Norman Buckley, Bruce Cannon, Lisa Zeno Churgin, Raúl Dávalos, Dody Dorn, Gib Jaffe, Jill Savitt, Suzanne Spangler, Camilla Toniolo and Barbara Tulliver.  More to follow 

Balancing work and private life
Since getting married in 1972, Carol Littleton and John Bailey have lived mostly in Los Angeles, with a few years of New York in-between. They have worked together on 13 feature films – from Legacy (1975) until A Walk in the Woods (2015) – usually in their respective roles as editor & cinematographer, with one exception: Littleton also edited Bailey's second project as a director, China Moon (1994). According to Littleton, the added pressure took its toll: "It was very difficult, because there was no way to walk away from work, to get a fresh view. Emotionally, it was exhausting. Directors are on the firing line, and I felt that every blow to John was a blow to me.  I realized I had to harden myself to that and not take things so personally on his behalf." Betty Littleton writes in A Family Portrait, that Carol and John deliberately decided against having children, because their work requires them to spend significant amounts of time away from home, and from each other.  More to follow 

Filmography
Unless noted otherwise, all productions below are feature-length fiction films that had a cinema release.

Academy Award nominations

 * 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, nominated for Best Film Editing

Other awards and nominations

 * 2000 – Tuesdays with Morrie, won for Emmy Award - Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
 * 1999 – Beloved, nominated for Satellite Awards (International Press Academy) Golden Satellite Award - Best Motion Picture Film Editing (w/ co-editor Andy Keir)
 * 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, nominated for American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film
 * 1983 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, nominated for BAFTA Film Award - Best Film Editing