Born in Oklahoma; educated at the University of Oklahoma. Some people plan and scheme for years about how to forge a career in the film business. For a lucky few, it's almost a divine accident. Such is the case with editor Carol Littleton. Her husband, cinematographer John Bailey, was a film student at USC not long after they met, and he used to wrangle his good-natured girlfriend into helping out with his student projects on the weekends. "I guess I was the free labor," Littleton laughs. Soon she got the film bug herself and began seeking other opportunities to get involved. "I got a series of odd jobs that led me to cutting rooms and I just learned on the job," she says simply. The first feature Littleton cut was an AFI project called LEGACY (1976), which garnered its share of good notices and effectively gave the young editor an entry to the mainstream. That early success was the jumpstart she needed, and she hasn't slowed down since. Her outstanding career has seen a solid run of collaborations with a number of brilliant moviemakers, including Lawrence Kasdan, Robert Benton and Jonathan Demme. Littleton has cut nine films directed and/or produced by Kasdan: THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (1988), THE BIG CHILL (1983), BODY HEAT (1981), DREAMCATCHER (2003), GRAND CANYON (1991), IN THE LAND OF WOMEN (2007), MUMFORD (1999), SILVERADO (1985), WYATT EARP (1994). Other notable credits include PLACES IN THE HEART (1984), BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (1986), SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA (1987), VIBES (1988), WHITE PALACE (1990), BENNY & JOON (1993), CHINA MOON (1994), DIABOLIQUE (1996), TWILIGHT and BELOVED (both 1998), THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY (2001), THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE (2002), THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004), MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (both 2007), and THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (2008).  Nominated for Film Editing 1982: E.T. -- THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1 nomination